diff --git a/frontend/app.js b/frontend/app.js
index d428dbc..914595a 100755
--- a/frontend/app.js
+++ b/frontend/app.js
@@ -7056,6 +7056,9 @@ function setHomeOverPlayer(on) {
   const pane = els.playerPane;
   if (!pane) return;
   on = !!on && !!(current && current.meta);
+  // Service mode hides the bottom bar and mini bar (and, in its Video view,
+  // lives inside this pane): leave it first or the home screen is a dead end.
+  if (on && isServiceModeOpen()) exitServiceMode();
   if (pane.classList.contains('home-over') === on) return;
   pane.classList.toggle('home-over', on);
   pane.classList.toggle('empty', on);
diff --git a/frontend/styles.css b/frontend/styles.css
index 1cad2f3..85ed7ac 100755
--- a/frontend/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/styles.css
@@ -4286,4 +4286,4 @@ body.landscape-fs .player-stage { touch-action: none; } /* fullscreen (real or t
 .player-pane.home-over #stageLyrics,
 .player-pane.home-over #artFallback { visibility: hidden; }
 .player-pane.home-over .related-panel { display: none; }
-.player-pane.home-over > :not(.player-stage) { display: none !important; }
+.player-pane.home-over > :not(.player-stage):not(#serviceMode) { display: none !important; }