diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabFiles.js b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabFiles.js
index 68a63d803..3f3203cec 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabFiles.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/TabFiles.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const TabFiles = {
                 </form>
                 <div class="directories">
                     <ul>
-                        <li data-folder="Home" style="display: none !important;" data-path="${html_encode(window.home_path)}"><img src="${html_encode(window.icons['folder-home.svg'])}"/> <span>Home</span></li>
+                        <li data-folder="Home" data-path="${html_encode(window.home_path)}"><img src="${html_encode(window.icons['folder-home.svg'])}"/> <span>Home</span></li>
                         <li data-folder="Desktop" data-path="${html_encode(window.desktop_path)}"><img src="${html_encode(window.icons['folder-desktop.svg'])}"/> <span>Desktop</span></li>
                         <li data-folder="Documents" data-path="${html_encode(window.documents_path)}"><img src="${html_encode(window.icons['folder-documents.svg'])}"/> <span>Documents</span></li>
                         <li data-folder="Pictures" data-path="${html_encode(window.pictures_path)}"><img src="${html_encode(window.icons['folder-pictures.svg'])}"/> <span>Pictures</span></li>
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ const TabFiles = {
             this.pushNavHistory(initialPath);
             this.renderDirectory(initialPath, { skipUrlUpdate: true });
         } else {
-            // Auto-select Desktop folder on initialization
-            const desktopFolder = $el_window.find('[data-folder="Desktop"]');
-            if ( desktopFolder.length ) {
-                desktopFolder.trigger('click');
+            // Auto-select Home folder on initialization
+            const homeFolder = $el_window.find('[data-folder="Home"]');
+            if ( homeFolder.length ) {
+                homeFolder.trigger('click');
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js
index af7a79c24..5d28a99ec 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindow.js
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ async function UIWindow (options) {
             h += `<div draggable="false" title="${i18n('videos')}" class="window-sidebar-item disable-user-select ${options.path === window.videos_path ? 'window-sidebar-item-active' : ''}" data-path="${html_encode(window.videos_path)}"><img draggable="false" class="window-sidebar-item-icon" src="${html_encode(window.icons['sidebar-folder-videos.svg'])}">${i18n('videos')}</div>`;
         } else {
             let items = JSON.parse(window.sidebar_items);
+            // Saved sidebar orders may predate the Home entry — make sure it's always present
+            if ( ! items.some(item => item.path === window.home_path) ) {
+                items.unshift({ path: window.home_path, name: i18n('home') });
+            }
             for ( let item of items ) {
                 let icon;
                 if ( item.path === window.home_path )