diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/main.rs b/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
index 23805fb9..a6567e65 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/main.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mod state;
 mod storage_crypto;
 mod streaming;
 mod swarm;
+mod tollgate_sweep;
 mod totp;
 mod transport;
 mod trust;
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/server.rs b/core/archipelago/src/server.rs
index 093557c4..445d4929 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/server.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/server.rs
@@ -534,6 +534,28 @@ impl Server {
             });
         }
 
+        // Periodic TollGate ecash sweep. tollgate-wrt keeps its own separate
+        // Cashu wallet on the router — customer payments never land in this
+        // node's wallet on their own, and its Lightning auto-payout config is
+        // independent and easy to leave misconfigured. This drains whatever
+        // TollGate has collected straight into the local wallet on a timer,
+        // sidestepping Lightning payout configuration entirely.
+        {
+            let data_dir = config.data_dir.clone();
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(30)).await;
+                let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(300));
+                loop {
+                    interval.tick().await;
+                    match crate::tollgate_sweep::sweep_once(&data_dir).await {
+                        Ok(0) => {}
+                        Ok(swept) => info!(sats = swept, "tollgate wallet sweep complete"),
+                        Err(e) => debug!(error = %e, "tollgate wallet sweep (non-fatal)"),
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         // Initialize container scanner — discovers installed apps from Podman/Docker
         {
             let scanner = create_docker_scanner(&config).await?;
diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/tollgate_sweep.rs b/core/archipelago/src/tollgate_sweep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed4aa878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/tollgate_sweep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use archipelago_openwrt::router::Router;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+use crate::network::router as net_router;
+use crate::wallet::ecash;
+
+/// Pull whatever TollGate has collected in its on-router Cashu wallet into
+/// this node's own wallet.
+///
+/// `tollgate-wrt` keeps a completely separate Cashu wallet on the router
+/// (`/etc/tollgate/wallet.db`) — customer payments land there, never in this
+/// node's wallet directly. Its own Lightning auto-payout is configured
+/// independently in `/etc/tollgate/identities.json`, which is easy to leave
+/// pointed at the wrong (or a placeholder) address and easy to lose track of.
+/// This sweep sidesteps that entirely: periodically drain the router's
+/// TollGate wallet to Cashu tokens (`tollgate wallet drain cashu`, over SSH)
+/// and receive them straight into the local wallet via the same path the
+/// "Receive ecash" UI uses.
+///
+/// Returns the total sats swept in (0 if there was nothing to do, including
+/// when no router is configured or it doesn't have TollGate installed).
+pub async fn sweep_once(data_dir: &Path) -> Result<u64> {
+    let cfg = net_router::load_router_config(data_dir).await?;
+    if !cfg.configured {
+        return Ok(0);
+    }
+    let ssh_user = cfg.username.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "root".to_string());
+    let ssh_password = cfg.password.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+
+    let router = Router::connect_password(&cfg.address, 22, &ssh_user, &ssh_password)
+        .context("connect to router for tollgate wallet sweep")?;
+
+    // `tollgate` CLI missing (no TollGate installed here) is a normal,
+    // expected case, not an error — just nothing to sweep.
+    let (balance_out, code) = router.run("tollgate wallet balance 2>/dev/null")?;
+    if code != 0 {
+        return Ok(0);
+    }
+    let balance_sats = balance_out
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.trim().strip_prefix("balance_sats:"))
+        .and_then(|v| v.trim().parse::<u64>().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    if balance_sats == 0 {
+        return Ok(0);
+    }
+
+    let (drain_out, drain_code) = router.run("tollgate wallet drain cashu 2>&1")?;
+    if drain_code != 0 {
+        anyhow::bail!("tollgate wallet drain cashu failed: {}", drain_out.trim());
+    }
+
+    // The CLI has no machine-readable output mode; pull tokens out of its
+    // "  Token: cashuB..." lines.
+    let mut received_total = 0u64;
+    for line in drain_out.lines() {
+        let Some(token) = line.trim().strip_prefix("Token:") else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let token = token.trim();
+        if token.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        match ecash::receive_token(data_dir, token).await {
+            Ok(amount) => {
+                received_total += amount;
+                info!(amount_sats = amount, "swept TollGate ecash into local wallet");
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                // The token is still in this log line if this happens — not
+                // silently lost, just needs manual `wallet.ecash-receive`.
+                warn!(error = %e, token, "failed to receive swept TollGate token");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(received_total)
+}