diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/list/VideoListScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/list/VideoListScreen.kt
index ff7a4e7..dcd57d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/list/VideoListScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/jeena/jtubetv/ui/screens/list/VideoListScreen.kt
@@ -92,10 +92,14 @@ fun VideoListScreen(
         // handing the first card the focus animates the grid up (a focused card
         // that sits partly off-screen is pulled into view), and this effect then
         // snapped it back down — the jump that was still reported on the channel
-        // page when the first video got focus (#27 review). Doing the park first,
-        // and only while the grid is actually displaced, leaves nothing to undo.
+        // page when the first video got focus (#27 review).
+        // The park has to be unconditional, and has to reset the row's offset,
+        // not just its index: the focus pull leaves the header row at index 0 but
+        // slid up by ~96 dp, so a guard on firstVisibleItemIndex > 0 never fires
+        // in that state and the top of the channel header stays clipped off
+        // screen (#31 review). scrollToItem(0) re-anchors both.
         LaunchedEffect(items.isNotEmpty(), source) {
-            if (items.isNotEmpty() && gridState.firstVisibleItemIndex > 0) {
+            if (items.isNotEmpty()) {
                 runCatching { gridState.scrollToItem(0) }
             }
         }
@@ -436,12 +440,14 @@ private fun ChannelHeader(
             .clip(androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape(12.dp))
             .background(Color.Black),
     ) {
-    // Banner area: a fixed height with the identity + stats anchored to its
-    // bottom; the description sits in the black strip below it.
+    // Banner area: 116 dp, with the identity + stats anchored to its bottom; the
+    // description sits in the black strip below it. The whole band is 160 dp
+    // (4 + 116 + 40) — under one card row — so the grid never reflows around it
+    // and the band stays fully on screen when the first card takes focus (#31).
     Box(
         Modifier
             .fillMaxWidth()
-            .height(178.dp)
+            .height(116.dp)
             .background(androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Brush.linearGradient(accent)),
     ) {
         if (banner != null) {
@@ -563,7 +569,7 @@ private fun ChannelHeader(
     Box(
         Modifier
             .fillMaxWidth()
-            .height(42.dp)
+            .height(40.dp)
             .padding(start = 16.dp, end = 16.dp, top = 6.dp),
     ) {
         if (description != null) {