diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ce0cef..98b3033 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ kubectl apply -f k8s/telegram-scraper.yaml
 Then open:
 
 ```text
-http://<server-ip>:8080
+http://<server-ip>:7887
 ```
 
 ### Volumes (Docker)
diff --git a/webui/app.js b/webui/app.js
index 1fabdfb..f3766dc 100644
--- a/webui/app.js
+++ b/webui/app.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const state = {
   authStates: {},
 };
 
+const ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY = "telegramScraper.activeAccount";
+
 /* ── API helper ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 async function api(path, options = {}) {
@@ -78,6 +80,33 @@ function isAccountAuthorized(auth) {
   );
 }
 
+function saveActiveAccount(accountId) {
+  if (accountId) {
+    localStorage.setItem(ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY, accountId);
+  }
+}
+
+function loadSavedActiveAccount(accounts) {
+  let savedId = localStorage.getItem(ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY);
+  if (!savedId) {
+    savedId = localStorage.getItem("activeAccount");
+    if (savedId) {
+      localStorage.setItem(ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY, savedId);
+      localStorage.removeItem("activeAccount");
+    }
+  }
+  if (savedId && accounts.some((account) => account.id === savedId)) {
+    return savedId;
+  }
+  if (savedId) {
+    localStorage.removeItem(ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY);
+  }
+  if (state.activeAccount && accounts.some((account) => account.id === state.activeAccount)) {
+    return state.activeAccount;
+  }
+  return accounts[0]?.id || null;
+}
+
 /* ── Account tab management ─────────────────────────── */
 
 function renderAccountTabs(accounts) {
@@ -175,9 +204,8 @@ function renderAccountPanel(accountId) {
 }
 
 function switchAccount(accountId) {
-  if (state.activeAccount === accountId) return;
   state.activeAccount = accountId;
-  localStorage.setItem("activeAccount", accountId);
+  saveActiveAccount(accountId);
 
   // Update tabs
   document.querySelectorAll(".account-tab").forEach((tab) => {
@@ -490,9 +518,10 @@ async function loadAccounts() {
   accounts.forEach((acc) => renderAccountPanel(acc.id));
 
   // Determine active account (persisted across reloads)
-  const savedId = localStorage.getItem("activeAccount");
-  const activeId = (savedId && accounts.some(a => a.id === savedId)) ? savedId : (state.activeAccount || accounts[0].id);
-  switchAccount(activeId);
+  const activeId = loadSavedActiveAccount(accounts);
+  if (activeId) {
+    switchAccount(activeId);
+  }
 
   // Update settings
   renderSettingsAccounts();
@@ -524,11 +553,13 @@ function renderSettingsAccounts() {
     node.querySelector(".account-remove-btn").addEventListener("click", async () => {
       if (!confirmAction(`Remove account "${acc.label || acc.id}"? All its data will be deleted.`)) return;
       try {
+        const removingActive = state.activeAccount === acc.id;
         await api(`/api/accounts/${acc.id}`, { method: "DELETE" });
-        await loadAccounts();
-        if (state.activeAccount === acc.id) {
+        if (removingActive) {
           state.activeAccount = null;
+          localStorage.removeItem(ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_STORAGE_KEY);
         }
+        await loadAccounts();
       } catch (err) {
         alert(`Failed to remove account: ${err.message}`);
       }
diff --git a/webui/viewer.js b/webui/viewer.js
index ae20025..48431d2 100644
--- a/webui/viewer.js
+++ b/webui/viewer.js
@@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ function scrollToBottom() {
   setTimeout(go, 150);
 }
 
+function makeScrollSentinel() {
+  const sentinel = document.createElement("div");
+  sentinel.id = "scroll-sentinel";
+  sentinel.className = "scroll-sentinel";
+  return sentinel;
+}
+
+function resetMessageView(title = "Select a channel", subtitle = "Reading messages from the local SQLite database.") {
+  const root = document.getElementById("messages-list");
+  if (root) {
+    root.innerHTML = "";
+    root.appendChild(makeScrollSentinel());
+  }
+  document.getElementById("viewer-title").textContent = title;
+  document.getElementById("viewer-subtitle").textContent = subtitle;
+  viewerState.oldestMessageId = null;
+  viewerState.newestMessageId = null;
+}
+
 function renderChannelList() {
   const root = document.getElementById("viewer-channel-list");
   if (!root) return;
@@ -179,6 +198,13 @@ async function switchViewerAccount(accountId) {
   renderChannelList();
   if (viewerState.channelId) {
     await loadChannel(viewerState.channelId);
+  } else {
+    resetMessageView(
+      "No channels",
+      viewerState.accountId
+        ? "This account has no tracked channels yet."
+        : "No local legacy channels found."
+    );
   }
 }
 
@@ -190,10 +216,10 @@ async function loadViewerAccount(params) {
   } catch {
     viewerState.accounts = [];
   }
-  viewerState.accountId =
-    requested ||
-    viewerState.accounts[0]?.id ||
-    null;
+  const requestedExists = requested && viewerState.accounts.some((acc) => acc.id === requested);
+  viewerState.accountId = requestedExists
+    ? requested
+    : viewerState.accounts[0]?.id || null;
 
   renderAccountSelector();
 
@@ -289,8 +315,9 @@ function makeDateSep(text) {
 
 function renderMessages(payload, append = false) {
   const root = document.getElementById("messages-list");
-  const sentinel = document.getElementById("scroll-sentinel");
   if (!root) return;
+  let sentinel = document.getElementById("scroll-sentinel");
+  if (!sentinel) sentinel = makeScrollSentinel();
 
   const channel = payload.channel;
   document.getElementById("viewer-title").textContent =
@@ -408,14 +435,24 @@ async function main() {
   const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
   await loadViewerAccount(params);
   viewerState.channels = await api(channelsEndpoint());
-  viewerState.channelId =
-    params.get("channel") ||
-    viewerState.channels[0]?.channel_id ||
-    null;
+  const requestedChannel = params.get("channel");
+  const requestedChannelExists =
+    requestedChannel &&
+    viewerState.channels.some((channel) => channel.channel_id === requestedChannel);
+  viewerState.channelId = requestedChannelExists
+    ? requestedChannel
+    : viewerState.channels[0]?.channel_id || null;
   renderChannelList();
 
   if (viewerState.channelId) {
     await loadChannel(viewerState.channelId);
+  } else {
+    resetMessageView(
+      "No channels",
+      viewerState.accountId
+        ? "This account has no tracked channels yet."
+        : "No local legacy channels found."
+    );
   }
 
   setupInfiniteScroll();