diff --git a/scraper/internal/server/ui.go b/scraper/internal/server/ui.go
index ddba39f..0980c92 100644
--- a/scraper/internal/server/ui.go
+++ b/scraper/internal/server/ui.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (s *Server) respond(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, title, fragment
 // ─── GET / — book catalogue ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const homeTmpl = `
-<div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto px-4 py-10">
+<div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto px-4 py-10" hx-history="false">
   <div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-2">
     <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold text-zinc-100">libnovel</h1>
     <a href="/ranking" hx-get="/ranking" hx-target="#main-content" hx-push-url="true" hx-swap="innerHTML" class="text-sm px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg bg-amber-700 hover:bg-amber-600 text-white">Browse Rankings</a>
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ const homeTmpl = `
   var continueGrid     = document.getElementById('continue-reading-grid');
   var availableHeading = document.getElementById('available-heading');
 
+  // Clear any stale cards from a previous render (e.g. HTMX re-executing this
+  // script after a history restore) before re-populating.
+  if (continueGrid) continueGrid.innerHTML = '';
+
   if (inProgress.length > 0) {
     var moved = 0;
     inProgress.forEach(function(slug) {