diff --git a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewConfigureActivity.java b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewConfigureActivity.java
index a87a1f743..4418ce56f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewConfigureActivity.java
+++ b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewConfigureActivity.java
@@ -40,18 +40,32 @@ public class NotePreviewConfigureActivity extends ReactActivity {
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(null);
-        Intent intent = getIntent();
-        Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
-        int appWidgetId = AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID;
-        if (extras != null) {
-            appWidgetId = extras.getInt(
-                    AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID,
-                    AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID);
-            NotePreviewConfigureActivity.appWidgetId = appWidgetId;
-        }
+        activity = this;
+        readAppWidgetId(getIntent());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * We launch as singleTask, so configuring a second widget while this screen is still alive
+     * arrives here rather than in onCreate(). Without this the activity would keep writing to
+     * whichever widget it happened to be opened for first.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
+        super.onNewIntent(intent);
+        setIntent(intent);
+        activity = this;
+        readAppWidgetId(intent);
+    }
+
+    private void readAppWidgetId(Intent intent) {
+        Bundle extras = intent != null ? intent.getExtras() : null;
+        int appWidgetId = extras != null
+                ? extras.getInt(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID)
+                : AppWidgetManager.INVALID_APPWIDGET_ID;
+
+        NotePreviewConfigureActivity.appWidgetId = appWidgetId;
         Intent resultValue = new Intent().putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId);
         setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, resultValue);
-        activity = this;
     }
 
     public static void saveAndFinish(Context context) {
diff --git a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewWidget.java b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewWidget.java
index f153e9f3b..14117db71 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewWidget.java
+++ b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/java/com/streetwriters/notesnook/NotePreviewWidget.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.streetwriters.notesnook.datatypes.Note;
@@ -21,12 +22,28 @@ public class NotePreviewWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
     static void updateAppWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
                                 int appWidgetId) {
         String data = context.getSharedPreferences("appPreview", Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getString(String.valueOf(appWidgetId), "");
-        if (data.isEmpty()) {
+        RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.note_widget);
+
+        Note note = null;
+        if (data != null && !data.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                note = new Gson().fromJson(data, Note.class);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                Log.e("NotePreviewWidget", "Could not read the note stored for widget " + appWidgetId, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (note == null) {
+            // Either the widget was never configured, or we lost the note it pointed at (ids
+            // reassigned, data cleared). Point it back at the picker rather than leaving the user
+            // with an inert widget they can only fix by deleting and re-adding it.
+            views.setTextViewText(R.id.widget_title, context.getString(R.string.widget_note_unconfigured_title));
+            views.setTextViewText(R.id.widget_body, context.getString(R.string.widget_note_unconfigured_body));
+            views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.open_note, getConfigurePendingIntent(context, appWidgetId));
+            appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
             return;
         }
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
-        Note note = gson.fromJson(data, Note.class);
-        RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.note_widget);
+
         views.setTextViewText(R.id.widget_title, note.getTitle());
         views.setTextViewText(R.id.widget_body, note.getHeadline());
 
@@ -41,6 +58,22 @@ public class NotePreviewWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
         appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reopens the configure screen for this widget. The launcher's own "reconfigure" gesture is
+     * hard to discover and not offered by every launcher, so an unconfigured widget needs its own
+     * way back in.
+     */
+    private static PendingIntent getConfigurePendingIntent(Context context, int appWidgetId) {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(context, NotePreviewConfigureActivity.class);
+        intent.setAction(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_CONFIGURE);
+        intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId);
+        // PendingIntent equality ignores extras, so the widget id has to be the request code for
+        // each widget to get its own.
+        return PendingIntent.getActivity(context, appWidgetId, intent,
+                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT | PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE,
+                WidgetUtils.getActivityOptionsBundle());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onAppWidgetOptionsChanged(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId, Bundle newOptions) {
         super.onAppWidgetOptionsChanged(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId, newOptions);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout/note_widget.xml b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout/note_widget.xml
index 8a97ce0d3..2eecacfb2 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout/note_widget.xml
+++ b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/layout/note_widget.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             android:textColor="@color/text"
             android:textSize="16sp"
             android:textStyle="bold"
-            android:text="Widget unconfigured" />
+            android:text="@string/widget_note_unconfigured_title" />
         <TextView
             android:id="@+id/widget_body"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
             android:textColor="@color/text"
             android:textSize="14sp"
-            android:text="Configure this widget to show a note here." />
+            android:text="@string/widget_note_unconfigured_body" />
     </LinearLayout>
 
 </RelativeLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a9ab7f599..7a86c8d38 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/apps/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     <string name="note">Note</string>
     <string name="note_description">Add a note to home screen</string>
     <string name="quick_note">Quick note</string>
+    <string name="widget_note_unconfigured_title">Tap to choose a note</string>
+    <string name="widget_note_unconfigured_body">Pick the note you want shown here.</string>
     <string name="reminder_ongoing">Ongoing</string>
     <string name="reminder_snoozed_until">Snoozed until %1$s</string>
     <string name="reminder_today">Today, %1$s</string>