diff --git a/src/lib/archive-patterns.test.ts b/src/lib/archive-patterns.test.ts
index 862b6d9..e1ccb73 100644
--- a/src/lib/archive-patterns.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/archive-patterns.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { parseArchiveFilename, scopedPostId } from './archive-patterns';
+import { canonicalItemId, parseArchiveFilename, scopedPostId } from './archive-patterns';
 
 describe('parseArchiveFilename — Instagram export format', () => {
   it('parses a single-image post', () => {
@@ -189,3 +189,39 @@ describe('dateFromMtime', () => {
     expect(p.dateFromMtime).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * JDownloader wrote story-shaped names for highlights during one period, so
+ * the same item exists under two conventions. They must be one post.
+ */
+describe('canonicalItemId', () => {
+  it('collapses the two highlight naming conventions onto one id', () => {
+    const dir = 'story highlights - 0ct0ber19 - Heestory';
+    const undated = parseArchiveFilename('0ct0ber19 - C5dQPEYpd9W.mp4', 'highlight', 1)!;
+    const dated = parseArchiveFilename('2024-04-07_0ct0ber19 - 01 - C5dQPEYpd9W.mp4', 'highlight')!;
+    expect(scopedPostId(dated.postId, 'highlight', dir))
+      .toBe(scopedPostId(undated.postId, 'highlight', dir));
+  });
+
+  it('does the same for stories', () => {
+    const a = parseArchiveFilename('2025-10-26_u - 2 - DQRuDx9iW5Q.jpg', 'stories')!;
+    expect(scopedPostId(a.postId, 'stories', 'story - u')).toBe('story - u/DQRuDx9iW5Q');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps distinct story items distinct', () => {
+    const a = parseArchiveFilename('2026-08-13_u - 1 - Db-UTJcCUUr.mp4', 'stories')!;
+    const b = parseArchiveFilename('2026-08-13_u - 2 - Db-oNJ1CWQ4.mp4', 'stories')!;
+    expect(scopedPostId(a.postId, 'stories', 'story - u'))
+      .not.toBe(scopedPostId(b.postId, 'stories', 'story - u'));
+  });
+
+  it('leaves a shortcode that merely starts with digits alone', () => {
+    expect(canonicalItemId('0ct0ber19')).toBe('0ct0ber19');
+    expect(canonicalItemId('C5dQPEYpd9W')).toBe('C5dQPEYpd9W');
+    expect(canonicalItemId('12345')).toBe('12345');
+  });
+
+  it('does not touch posts, whose ids are permalinks', () => {
+    expect(scopedPostId('01 - ABC', 'posts')).toBe('01 - ABC');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/archive-patterns.ts b/src/lib/archive-patterns.ts
index b6ddb98..2fad8ee 100644
--- a/src/lib/archive-patterns.ts
+++ b/src/lib/archive-patterns.ts
@@ -100,12 +100,36 @@ export const parseArchiveFilename = (
   return null;
 };
 
+/**
+ * A leading per-day ordinal on a story or highlight id: `01 - C5dQPEYpd9W`.
+ *
+ * JDownloader wrote story-shaped names for highlights during one period of its
+ * life, so the same item exists as both `user - CODE.jpg` and
+ * `date_user - 01 - CODE.jpg`. Those parse to different ids and the viewer
+ * shows the item twice. The ordinal carries no information the shortcode does
+ * not — it is a position within a day's stories, and the shortcode is already
+ * unique — so it is dropped.
+ */
+const LEADING_ORDINAL = /^\d+ - (?=[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$)/;
+
+/** Strip the ordinal so both naming conventions land on the same post. */
+export const canonicalItemId = (postId: string): string =>
+  postId.replace(LEADING_ORDINAL, '');
+
 /**
  * Namespace a post ID by its source directory.
  *
  * Base-profile IDs are left untouched so existing permalinks keep working;
  * sidecar IDs are prefixed so a shortcode appearing in both the profile and a
  * highlight stays two distinct posts.
+ *
+ * Story and highlight ids are canonicalised first, so an item fetched under
+ * two different naming conventions is one post rather than two.
  */
-export const scopedPostId = (postId: string, kind: SourceKind, dir?: string): string =>
-  kind === 'posts' ? postId : `${dir ?? kind}/${postId}`;
+export const scopedPostId = (postId: string, kind: SourceKind, dir?: string): string => {
+  if (kind === 'posts') return postId;
+  const id = (kind === 'stories' || kind === 'highlight')
+    ? canonicalItemId(postId)
+    : postId;
+  return `${dir ?? kind}/${id}`;
+};