diff --git a/src/frontend/src/banner.ts b/src/frontend/src/banner.ts
index fbcdf467a2..db42a67373 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/banner.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/banner.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const showWarningIfNecessary = (): void => {
   }
 };
 
-export const showWarning = (message: TemplateResult): void => {
+export const showWarning = (message: TemplateResult): HTMLDivElement => {
   const container = document.createElement("div");
   container.className = "features-warning-container";
   container.setAttribute("role", "alert");
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@ export const showWarning = (message: TemplateResult): void => {
 
   render(warning, container);
   document.body.prepend(container);
+  return container;
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/flows/manage/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/flows/manage/index.ts
index dc2646ca9d..ff9df3e6ab 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/flows/manage/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/flows/manage/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { TemplateResult, render, html } from "lit-html";
+import { LEGACY_II_URL } from "../../config";
 import { Connection, AuthenticatedConnection } from "../../utils/iiConnection";
 import { withLoader } from "../../components/loader";
 import { unreachable } from "../../utils/utils";
 import { logoutSection } from "../../components/logout";
 import { deviceSettings } from "./deviceSettings";
+import { showWarning } from "../../banner";
 import {
   DeviceData,
   IdentityAnchorInfo,
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   authenticateBox,
   AuthnTemplates,
 } from "../../components/authenticateBox";
-import { setupRecovery } from "../recovery/setupRecovery";
+import { setupRecovery, setupPhrase } from "../recovery/setupRecovery";
 import { recoveryWizard } from "../recovery/recoveryWizard";
 import { pollForTentativeDevice } from "../addDevice/manage/pollForTentativeDevice";
 import { chooseDeviceAddFlow } from "../addDevice/manage";
@@ -304,6 +306,24 @@ export const displayManage = (
       renderManage(userNumber, connection);
     }
   );
+
+  // When visiting the legacy URL (ic0.app) we extra-nudge the users to create a recovery phrase,
+  // if they don't have one already. We lead them straight to recovery phrase creation, because
+  // recovery _device_ would be tied to the domain (which we want to avoid).
+  if (window.location.origin === LEGACY_II_URL && !hasRecoveryPhrase(devices)) {
+    const elem = showWarning(html`<strong class="t-strong">Important!</strong>
+      Create a recovery phrase.
+      <button
+        class="features-warning-btn"
+        @click=${async () => {
+          await setupPhrase(userNumber, connection);
+          elem.remove();
+          renderManage(userNumber, connection);
+        }}
+      >
+        Create
+      </button> `);
+  }
   render(template, container);
   renderDevices(userNumber, connection, devices);
 };
@@ -365,6 +385,10 @@ const renderDevices = async (
 const hasRecoveryDevice = (devices: DeviceData[]): boolean =>
   devices.some((device) => "recovery" in device.purpose);
 
+// Whether the user has a recovery phrase or not
+const hasRecoveryPhrase = (devices: DeviceData[]): boolean =>
+  devices.some((device) => device.alias === "Recovery phrase");
+
 const unknownError = (): Error => {
   return new Error("Unknown error");
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/flows/recovery/setupRecovery.ts b/src/frontend/src/flows/recovery/setupRecovery.ts
index 6896bc37c9..c00d7d6874 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/flows/recovery/setupRecovery.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/flows/recovery/setupRecovery.ts
@@ -54,22 +54,7 @@ export const setupRecovery = async (
         );
       }
       case "seedPhrase": {
-        const name = "Recovery phrase";
-        const seedPhrase = generate().trim();
-        const recoverIdentity = await fromMnemonicWithoutValidation(
-          seedPhrase,
-          IC_DERIVATION_PATH
-        );
-        await withLoader(() =>
-          connection.add(
-            name,
-            { seed_phrase: null },
-            { recovery: null },
-            recoverIdentity.getPublicKey().toDer(),
-            { unprotected: null }
-          )
-        );
-        await displaySeedPhrase(userNumber.toString(10) + " " + seedPhrase);
+        await setupPhrase(userNumber, connection);
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -82,3 +67,25 @@ export const setupRecovery = async (
     });
   }
 };
+
+export const setupPhrase = async (
+  userNumber: bigint,
+  connection: AuthenticatedConnection
+) => {
+  const name = "Recovery phrase";
+  const seedPhrase = generate().trim();
+  const recoverIdentity = await fromMnemonicWithoutValidation(
+    seedPhrase,
+    IC_DERIVATION_PATH
+  );
+  await withLoader(() =>
+    connection.add(
+      name,
+      { seed_phrase: null },
+      { recovery: null },
+      recoverIdentity.getPublicKey().toDer(),
+      { unprotected: null }
+    )
+  );
+  await displaySeedPhrase(userNumber.toString(10) + " " + seedPhrase);
+};