diff --git a/src/pages/fileBrowser/fileBrowser.js b/src/pages/fileBrowser/fileBrowser.js
index e977eb59d..dbde83462 100644
--- a/src/pages/fileBrowser/fileBrowser.js
+++ b/src/pages/fileBrowser/fileBrowser.js
@@ -1332,6 +1332,13 @@ function FileBrowserInclude(mode, info, doesOpenLast = true) {
 						uuid: "terminal-public",
 					});
 				}
+
+				// Migrate any files left in the legacy alpine/home and
+				// alpine/root directories into public/MIGRATE so they are
+				// not hidden after the home/root/public merge.
+				if (typeof Terminal !== "undefined" && Terminal.migrateLegacyHome) {
+					Terminal.migrateLegacyHome();
+				}
 			} catch (err) {
 				console.error("Error while adding public directory", err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-sandbox.sh b/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-sandbox.sh
index b16096f12..5e100ef9e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-sandbox.sh
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/scripts/init-sandbox.sh
@@ -4,26 +4,6 @@ mkdir -p "$PREFIX/tmp"
 mkdir -p "$PREFIX/alpine/tmp"
 mkdir -p "$PREFIX/public"
 
-SRC1="$PREFIX/alpine/home"
-SRC2="$PREFIX/alpine/root"
-DEST="$PREFIX/public"
-
-mkdir -p "$DEST"
-
-move_all() {
-    SRC="$1"
-
-    [ -d "$SRC" ] || return 0
-
-    # Only continue if directory is not empty
-    [ "$(find "$SRC" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | head -n 1)" ] || return 0
-
-    find "$SRC" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec mv -f {} "$DEST"/ \;
-}
-
-move_all "$SRC1"
-move_all "$SRC2"
-
 export PROOT_TMP_DIR=$PREFIX/tmp
 
 if [ "$FDROID" = "true" ]; then
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/www/Terminal.js b/src/plugins/terminal/www/Terminal.js
index e6332b32f..21ffde375 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/www/Terminal.js
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/www/Terminal.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const Terminal = {
             readAsset("init-sandbox.sh"),
         ]);
 
+        await this.migrateLegacyHome();
+
         const isFdroid = await Executor.execute("echo $FDROID");
 
         if(isFdroid !== "true"){
@@ -567,6 +569,56 @@ const Terminal = {
         });
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Migrates the legacy terminal home directories into public/MIGRATE.
+     * Older builds stored user files under alpine/home and alpine/root.
+     * After /home, /root and /public were merged into a single public
+     * directory, any files still left in the old locations are copied
+     * into public/MIGRATE (keeping their source structure) so nothing is
+     * hidden or lost. This is a no-op once the migration has run.
+     * @returns {Promise<void>}
+     */
+    async migrateLegacyHome() {
+        if (this._legacyHomeMigrated) return;
+        try {
+            const cmd = `
+                MIGRATE="$PREFIX/public/MIGRATE"
+
+                # Already migrated
+                [ -e "$MIGRATE/.migrated" ] && exit 0
+
+                COPIED=false
+
+                if [ -d "$PREFIX/alpine/home" ] && [ -n "$(find "$PREFIX/alpine/home" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)" ]; then
+                    mkdir -p "$MIGRATE/home"
+                    if cp -a "$PREFIX/alpine/home/." "$MIGRATE/home/"; then
+                        COPIED=true
+                    else
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                fi
+
+                if [ -d "$PREFIX/alpine/root" ] && [ -n "$(find "$PREFIX/alpine/root" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)" ]; then
+                    mkdir -p "$MIGRATE/root"
+                    if cp -a "$PREFIX/alpine/root/." "$MIGRATE/root/"; then
+                        COPIED=true
+                    else
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                fi
+
+                # Mark as migrated so this only runs once
+                if [ "$COPIED" = "true" ]; then
+                    touch "$MIGRATE/.migrated"
+                fi
+            `;
+            await Executor.BackgroundExecutor.execute(cmd);
+            this._legacyHomeMigrated = true;
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error("Failed to migrate legacy terminal home:", formatError(error));
+        }
+    },
+
     formatError
 };