diff --git a/assets/js/shell.js b/assets/js/shell.js
index 53f11be..de549d6 100644
--- a/assets/js/shell.js
+++ b/assets/js/shell.js
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@
     // re-run the same wiring a real pjax navigation would (file-row hover/
     // click, route rebuilding) against this injected markup
     document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("pjax:load"));
+
+    // the home page's always-open menu lives in the header, not #main-content
+    // — hide it too, otherwise its own "$ ls" sits right above doom's and
+    // the listing looks doubled. restored on the next real navigation
+    // (leaving doom), which also fires pjax:load — registered after the
+    // dispatch above so it doesn't just catch its own event.
+    if (menu && !menu.hidden) {
+      menu.hidden = true;
+      document.addEventListener("pjax:load", function unhide() {
+        menu.hidden = false;
+        document.removeEventListener("pjax:load", unhide);
+      }, { once: true });
+    }
   }
 
   function egg(lc, raw) {