diff --git a/core/server.js b/core/server.js
index 0128d49..640e94b 100644
--- a/core/server.js
+++ b/core/server.js
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ export function handoffRoute(p) {
   if (!segs.length || segs.some((x) => !/^[A-Za-z0-9._~%=-]{1,120}$/.test(x))) return '#/overview';
   const pages = ['overview', 'users', 'buckets', 'account', 'settings', 'logs'];
   if (segs[0] === 'drives') return '#/buckets';
+  if (segs[0] === 'app') return segs.length > 1 ? handoffRoute('/' + segs.slice(1).join('/')) : '#/overview';
   if (pages.includes(segs[0])) return `#/${segs.join('/')}`;
   return `#/u/${segs.join('/')}`; // /<user>/<drive>/<folder>
 }
diff --git a/test/handoff.test.js b/test/handoff.test.js
index 6748cf7..d853fe7 100644
--- a/test/handoff.test.js
+++ b/test/handoff.test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ test('website paths become app routes, and odd ones go to Overview', () => {
   assert.equal(handoffRoute('/backup-agent/nightly-backups/2026'), '#/u/backup-agent/nightly-backups/2026');
   assert.equal(handoffRoute('/settings'), '#/settings');
   assert.equal(handoffRoute('/drives'), '#/buckets');
+  assert.equal(handoffRoute('/app'), '#/overview');
+  assert.equal(handoffRoute('/app/settings'), '#/settings');
   assert.equal(handoffRoute('/a/<script>'), '#/overview');
   assert.equal(handoffRoute('/a/b"onload'), '#/overview');
 });
diff --git a/ui/app.js b/ui/app.js
index 4b0241b..8da4785 100644
--- a/ui/app.js
+++ b/ui/app.js
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ function currentRoute() {
   const segs = location.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
   if (!segs.length) return [];
   const first = decodeURIComponent(segs[0]);
+  // pithos.sia/app: the app's front door (the bare pithos.sia is the website)
+  if (first === 'app') return segs.slice(1);
   if (first === 'drives') return ['buckets'];
   if (views[first]) return segs;
   if (state.selectedUser !== first) { state.selectedUser = first; try { localStorage.setItem('pithos.user', first); } catch {} }