diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flamenet/messenger/app/ChatScreens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flamenet/messenger/app/ChatScreens.kt
index 632a4bd..a5ae665 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flamenet/messenger/app/ChatScreens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flamenet/messenger/app/ChatScreens.kt
@@ -1263,6 +1263,10 @@ fun ColumnScope.ChatScreen(
     var draft by remember { mutableStateOf("") }
     val listState = rememberLazyListState()
 
+    // Open AT the newest message — a jump, not a tour of the history.
+    LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
+        if (chat.lines.isNotEmpty()) listState.scrollToItem(chat.lines.lastIndex)
+    }
     // Follow the conversation as it grows. Without this a reply arrives
     // off-screen and the app looks like it did nothing.
     LaunchedEffect(chat.lines.size) {