diff --git a/src/components/AppLayout.tsx b/src/components/AppLayout.tsx
index 63aebcb..f3b4f56 100644
--- a/src/components/AppLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppLayout.tsx
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ export function AppLayout() {
   const current = NAV.find(n => pathname.startsWith(n.to))
   // Nav groups stay closed unless they hold the current page; a click on the label overrides that until the next route.
   const [toggled, setToggled] = useState<Partial<Record<Key, boolean>>>({})
-  useEffect(() => setToggled({}), [pathname])
+  useEffect(() => { setToggled({}) }, [pathname])
   // The window scrolls, not <main>, so a new page would open at the last page's scroll position.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => window.scrollTo(0, 0), [pathname])
+  // In braces: Chrome's scrollTo now returns a Promise, which React would keep as the effect's
+  // cleanup and call on the next route change ("is not a function"), unmounting the whole app.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => { window.scrollTo(0, 0) }, [pathname])
   const [collapsed, setCollapsed] = useState(readCollapsed)
   const toggleCollapsed = () => setCollapsed(c => {
     try { localStorage.setItem(COLLAPSED_KEY, c ? '0' : '1') } catch { /* keep it for this visit only */ }