diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index daf0a53..073ecd8 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -3415,6 +3415,10 @@ func (a *App) invalidateAwardStats() {
 // flips qsl_rcvd flags on existing rows).
 func (a *App) RescanAwards() error {
 	a.invalidateAwardStats()
+	// Also refresh the materialised award_refs on every QSO (the grid columns read
+	// from there). Manual trigger for when a definition/reference change should be
+	// re-applied to existing rows on demand rather than waiting for the next event.
+	a.recomputeAwardRefsAsync()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -3821,7 +3825,12 @@ func (a *App) recomputeAwardRefsAsync() {
 
 // keyAwardsMaterialized marks (per profile / logbook) that the one-time award_refs
 // backfill has run, so it doesn't re-scan the whole logbook on every launch.
-const keyAwardsMaterialized = "awards.materialized.v1"
+// keyAwardsMaterialized is versioned: bump the suffix to force every operator to
+// re-materialise award_refs once on next launch. Needed when the stored values
+// could be stale against the CURRENT award definitions — e.g. rows materialised
+// before an award gained a new matching rule (DDFM's postal-code OR-rule), which
+// the one-shot backfill would otherwise never revisit.
+const keyAwardsMaterialized = "awards.materialized.v2"
 
 // backfillAwardRefsOnce populates award_refs for QSOs that predate the feature
 // (or were logged by an older client that didn't materialise them). It runs at