diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 673107b..2e19b64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ The prebuilt image is at `git.draic.info/nils/photos` (single image contains
 `server`, `worker`, and the built frontend). To build your own instead:
 
 ```sh
-docker build -t registry.example.com/you/photos:0.5.0 .
-docker push registry.example.com/you/photos:0.5.0
+docker build -t registry.example.com/you/photos:0.5.1 .
+docker push registry.example.com/you/photos:0.5.1
 ```
 
 Install the chart, pointing it at your existing Postgres and S3:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Install the chart, pointing it at your existing Postgres and S3:
 ```sh
 helm install photos deploy/chart \
   --set image.repository=git.draic.info/nils/photos \
-  --set image.tag=0.5.0 \
+  --set image.tag=0.5.1 \
   --set publicUrl=https://photos.example.com \
   --set ingress.host=photos.example.com \
   --set config.oidcIssuer=https://auth.example.com \
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
index 7ea5cc0..3e63f66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Gallery.jsx
@@ -24,24 +24,21 @@ export default function Gallery({
 }) {
   const selecting = selected && selected.size > 0
   const containerRef = useRef(null)
-  const [cursor, setCursor] = useState(-1)
-  // The outline only shows once the keyboard (or the viewer) was actually
-  // used — a fresh page must not present a photo as pre-marked.
-  const [cursorVisible, setCursorVisible] = useState(false)
+  // The cursor is always a valid index; `revealed` says whether the user has
+  // interacted yet. The first key press reveals the cursor where it is
+  // (nothing pre-marked on a fresh page, first arrow doesn't skip a photo).
+  const [cursor, setCursor] = useState(0)
+  const [revealed, setRevealed] = useState(false)
   const live = useRef({})
-  live.current = { cursor, photos, onOpen, onToggleSelect, actions }
+  live.current = { cursor, revealed, photos, onOpen, onToggleSelect, actions }
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (externalIndex >= 0) {
       setCursor(externalIndex)
-      setCursorVisible(true)
+      setRevealed(true)
     }
   }, [externalIndex])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (keyboard && cursor < 0 && photos.length > 0) setCursor(0)
-  }, [keyboard, cursor, photos.length])
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (cursor >= photos.length) setCursor(Math.max(0, photos.length - 1))
   }, [cursor, photos.length])
@@ -58,37 +55,48 @@ export default function Gallery({
       if (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey) return
       const s = live.current
       if (s.photos.length === 0) return
-      const photo = s.cursor >= 0 ? s.photos[s.cursor] : null
+      const photo = s.photos[s.cursor]
       const el = containerRef.current
       const columns = el ? getComputedStyle(el).gridTemplateColumns.split(' ').length : 1
       const count = s.photos.length
       let next = null
-      if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') next = Math.min(count - 1, Math.max(0, s.cursor + 1))
+      if (e.key === 'ArrowRight') next = Math.min(count - 1, s.cursor + 1)
       else if (e.key === 'ArrowLeft') next = Math.max(0, s.cursor - 1)
-      else if (e.key === 'ArrowDown') next = s.cursor < 0 ? 0 : Math.min(count - 1, s.cursor + columns)
-      else if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') next = s.cursor < 0 ? 0 : Math.max(0, s.cursor - columns)
+      else if (e.key === 'ArrowDown') next = Math.min(count - 1, s.cursor + columns)
+      else if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') next = Math.max(0, s.cursor - columns)
       else if (e.key === ' ') {
         if (photo) {
           e.preventDefault()
+          setRevealed(true)
           s.onOpen?.(s.cursor)
         }
         return
       } else if (e.key === 'Enter') {
         if (photo && s.onToggleSelect) {
           e.preventDefault()
+          setRevealed(true)
           s.onToggleSelect(photo.id)
         }
         return
       } else {
         const key = e.key.toLowerCase()
         const action = s.actions?.find((a) => a.keys.includes(key))
-        if (action && photo) action.run(photo, key)
+        if (action && photo) {
+          setRevealed(true)
+          action.run(photo, key)
+        }
         return
       }
       e.preventDefault()
-      setCursor(next)
-      setCursorVisible(true)
-      el?.children[next]?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
+      setRevealed(true)
+      // The first arrow press only reveals the cursor; movement starts with
+      // the second.
+      if (s.revealed) {
+        setCursor(next)
+        el?.children[next]?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
+      } else {
+        el?.children[s.cursor]?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
+      }
     }
     window.addEventListener('keydown', handler)
     return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handler)
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ export default function Gallery({
         return (
           <div
             key={p.id}
-            className={`g-item${isSelected ? ' selected' : ''}${cursorVisible && index === cursor ? ' focused' : ''}`}
+            className={`g-item${isSelected ? ' selected' : ''}${revealed && index === cursor ? ' focused' : ''}`}
             onClick={() => onOpen && onOpen(index)}
           >
             <img src={imgUrl(p, 'thumb')} loading="lazy" alt={p.filename} />