diff --git a/internal/server/handlers_wiki_browse.go b/internal/server/handlers_wiki_browse.go
index 53c9ef8..6cf28a7 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers_wiki_browse.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers_wiki_browse.go
@@ -277,15 +277,17 @@ func unsyncedWikiFiles(ctx context.Context, vaultPath string) map[string]bool {
 	if vaultPath == "" {
 		return out
 	}
-	// `git diff --name-only origin/HEAD HEAD` returns paths that differ
-	// in either direction. We don't restrict to a subdir — both
-	// entries/ and entities/ paths flow through here so the same set
-	// can be queried from multiple call sites.
-	res, err := runGitCapture(ctx, vaultPath, "diff", "--name-only", "origin/HEAD", "HEAD")
+	// `git diff --name-only --relative origin/HEAD HEAD` returns paths
+	// that differ in either direction, relative to vaultPath. --relative
+	// is required when vaultPath is a subdirectory of the repo root
+	// (e.g. a wiki_path like "wikis/"): without it git outputs paths
+	// relative to the repo root (e.g. "wikis/entries/foo.md") while
+	// callers look up vault-relative keys (e.g. "entries/foo.md").
+	res, err := runGitCapture(ctx, vaultPath, "diff", "--name-only", "--relative", "origin/HEAD", "HEAD")
 	if err != nil {
 		// Some repos don't expose origin/HEAD as a symbolic ref; try
 		// origin/main as a fallback before giving up.
-		res, err = runGitCapture(ctx, vaultPath, "diff", "--name-only", "origin/main", "HEAD")
+		res, err = runGitCapture(ctx, vaultPath, "diff", "--name-only", "--relative", "origin/main", "HEAD")
 		if err != nil {
 			return out
 		}
diff --git a/internal/server/handlers_wiki_test.go b/internal/server/handlers_wiki_test.go
index 9d76c85..684cc9a 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers_wiki_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers_wiki_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -288,3 +289,40 @@ References [[service-x]] (already on origin) and [[service-new]] (local-only).
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"entities/services/service-new.md"}, got,
 		"auto-include must pick up the unsynced stub and ignore the already-synced one")
 }
+
+// TestUnsyncedWikiFiles_SubdirVaultPath verifies that unsyncedWikiFiles
+// returns paths relative to vaultPath even when vaultPath is a
+// subdirectory of the git repo root (e.g. wiki_path: "wikis/"). Without
+// --relative, git diff emits paths like "wikis/entries/foo.md" while
+// callers look up vault-relative keys like "entries/foo.md" — causing
+// every newly committed entry to appear synced and disabling the push
+// button.
+func TestUnsyncedWikiFiles_SubdirVaultPath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	repoRoot := t.TempDir()
+	gitInit(t, repoRoot)
+
+	// Write a seed file at the repo root so the initial commit is non-empty.
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(repoRoot, "README.md"), []byte("wiki\n"), 0o600))
+	gitCommitAll(t, repoRoot, "init")
+	gitSetupOriginWithMain(t, repoRoot)
+
+	// Create the wikis/ subdir that mirrors a profile with wiki_path: "wikis".
+	vaultPath := filepath.Join(repoRoot, "wikis")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(vaultPath, "entries"), 0o700))
+
+	// Commit a new entry locally (not yet pushed to origin).
+	entryPath := filepath.Join(vaultPath, "entries", "inv-test.md")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(entryPath, []byte("# test\n"), 0o600))
+	gitCommitAll(t, repoRoot, "wiki: inv-test")
+
+	got := unsyncedWikiFiles(context.Background(), vaultPath)
+
+	// The key must be vault-relative ("entries/inv-test.md"), not
+	// repo-root-relative ("wikis/entries/inv-test.md").
+	assert.True(t, got["entries/inv-test.md"],
+		"entry committed under wikis/ subdir must appear as vault-relative key in unsynced set; got keys: %v", got)
+	assert.False(t, got["wikis/entries/inv-test.md"],
+		"repo-root-relative key must not appear; got keys: %v", got)
+}