diff --git a/src/renderer/components/MenuEditorView/MenuEditorView.tsx b/src/renderer/components/MenuEditorView/MenuEditorView.tsx
index 0798b94..c19a6de 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/MenuEditorView/MenuEditorView.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/MenuEditorView/MenuEditorView.tsx
@@ -226,12 +226,29 @@ export const MenuEditorView: React.FC = () => {
         ]);
 
         const metadataEntries = Object.entries(projectMetadata?.categoryMetadata ?? {});
-        setCategoryTitlesByName(Object.fromEntries(
+        const categoryTitleMap = Object.fromEntries(
           metadataEntries.map(([name, metadata]) => [name, metadata.title?.trim() || name]),
-        ));
+        );
+        setCategoryTitlesByName(categoryTitleMap);
 
-        setItems(menu.items);
-        setSelectedId(menu.items[0]?.id ?? null);
+        const normalizedItems = mapItems(menu.items, (item) => {
+          if (item.kind !== 'category-archive' || !item.categoryName) {
+            return item;
+          }
+
+          const metadataTitle = categoryTitleMap[item.categoryName]?.trim();
+          if (!metadataTitle || metadataTitle === item.title) {
+            return item;
+          }
+
+          return {
+            ...item,
+            title: metadataTitle,
+          };
+        });
+
+        setItems(normalizedItems);
+        setSelectedId(normalizedItems[0]?.id ?? null);
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to load menu:', error);
         showToast.error(tr('menuEditor.loadError'));
diff --git a/tests/renderer/components/MenuEditorView.test.tsx b/tests/renderer/components/MenuEditorView.test.tsx
index 88b904e..1999e6e 100644
--- a/tests/renderer/components/MenuEditorView.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/renderer/components/MenuEditorView.test.tsx
@@ -243,6 +243,42 @@ describe('MenuEditorView entry editor', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText(/^news$/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('saves existing category archive entries with metadata title while keeping category slug', async () => {
+    (window as any).electronAPI.menu.get = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      items: [
+        {
+          id: 'menu-home',
+          title: 'Home',
+          kind: 'home',
+          pageSlug: 'home',
+          children: [],
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'cat-news',
+          title: 'news',
+          kind: 'category-archive',
+          categoryName: 'news',
+          children: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    render(<MenuEditorView />);
+
+    await screen.findByText('Newsroom');
+    const saveButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: /^save menu$/i });
+    fireEvent.click(saveButton);
+
+    const saveMock = (window as any).electronAPI.menu.save;
+    expect(saveMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const payload = saveMock.mock.calls[0][0];
+
+    const categoryItem = payload.items.find((item: any) => item.id === 'cat-news');
+    expect(categoryItem).toBeDefined();
+    expect(categoryItem.title).toBe('Newsroom');
+    expect(categoryItem.categoryName).toBe('news');
+  });
+
   it('disables delete action when Home entry is selected', async () => {
     render(<MenuEditorView />);