diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1e5336..3299b3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -210,4 +210,4 @@ This permanently disables telemetry. Your preference is stored locally at `~/.co
 
 ## Credits
 
-Built with [OpenTUI](https://github.com/anthropics/opentui)
+Built with [OpenTUI](https://github.com/anomalyco/opentui)
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 464f53a..96887cc 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ export class HackerNewsApp {
     this.rootCommentIndex = 0;
 
     updateStorySelection(this.storyListState, this.posts, previousIndex, index);
+    // Scroll immediately from the last laid-out frame. Detail fetching is
+    // independent — waiting on getPostById left the list unmoved when the
+    // network was slow or hung (selectedIndex updated, scrollTop stayed 0).
+    scrollToStory(this.storyListState, index);
 
     const post = this.posts[index];
     if (!post) return;
@@ -673,7 +677,6 @@ export class HackerNewsApp {
     }
 
     if (this.renderer.isDestroyed) return;
-    scrollToStory(this.storyListState, index);
     this.saveToCache();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/StoryList.ts b/src/components/StoryList.ts
index 12bfde9..ea569b2 100644
--- a/src/components/StoryList.ts
+++ b/src/components/StoryList.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ export function scrollToStory(
   const viewportHeight = state.scroll.viewport.height;
   const currentScroll = state.scroll.scrollTop;
 
+  // Layout has not run yet — do not treat a zero-size item as visible,
+  // and never reset an existing scroll position from stale 0,0 metrics.
+  if (viewportHeight <= 0 || item.height <= 0) return;
+
   // Only scroll if the item is outside the visible viewport
   if (itemTop < currentScroll) {
     // Item is above viewport - scroll up to show it at top
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6c3f47d..57534ce 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
 import { createCliRenderer } from "@opentui/core";
-import { exec } from "child_process";
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
 import { HackerNewsApp } from "./app";
 import { checkForUpdates, currentVersion } from "./version";
 import { setTelemetryEnabled } from "./config";
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ const COLORS = {
   bg: "#1a1a1a",
 };
 
+function openUrl(url: string): void {
+  if (process.platform === "darwin") {
+    execFile("open", [url]);
+  } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
+    execFile("cmd", ["/c", "start", "", url]);
+  } else {
+    execFile("xdg-open", [url]);
+  }
+}
+
 function parseArgs(): { storyId?: number } {
   const args = process.argv.slice(2);
   let storyId: number | undefined;
@@ -64,9 +74,7 @@ async function main() {
   });
 
   const app = new HackerNewsApp(renderer, {
-    onOpenUrl: (url) => {
-      exec(`open "${url}"`);
-    },
+    onOpenUrl: openUrl,
     onExit: async () => {
       await telemetry.flushSync();
       renderer.destroy();
diff --git a/src/test/app.test.ts b/src/test/app.test.ts
index ba211ca..5c27f91 100644
--- a/src/test/app.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/app.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "bun:test";
 import { createAppTestContext, cleanupTestContext, type TestContext } from "./test-utils";
 import { createMockPosts, createMockPostWithComments } from "./fixtures";
+import { scrollToStory } from "../components/StoryList";
 
 describe("HackerNewsApp", () => {
   let ctx: TestContext;
@@ -115,7 +116,26 @@ describe("HackerNewsApp", () => {
   });
 
   describe("Story List Scroll", () => {
+    let originalFetch: typeof fetch;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+      // List scroll must not depend on HN item fetches (CI cannot reach / hangs on hnpwa).
+      const mockFetch = async () => new Response(null, { status: 404 });
+      mockFetch.preconnect = originalFetch.preconnect;
+      globalThis.fetch = mockFetch as typeof fetch;
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    });
+
     it("should scroll down to show off-screen selected story", async () => {
+      // Hang the item fetch: scroll-into-view must not wait on getPostById.
+      const hangingFetch = () => new Promise<Response>(() => {});
+      hangingFetch.preconnect = originalFetch.preconnect;
+      globalThis.fetch = hangingFetch as typeof fetch;
+
       // Create more stories than can fit in viewport
       const posts = createMockPosts(20);
       ctx.app.setPostsForTesting(posts);
@@ -139,6 +159,19 @@ describe("HackerNewsApp", () => {
       expect(storyListState.scroll.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
 
+    it("scrollToStory moves an off-screen item into view from current layout", async () => {
+      const posts = createMockPosts(20);
+      ctx.app.setPostsForTesting(posts);
+      await ctx.renderOnce();
+
+      const storyListState = (ctx.app as any).storyListState;
+      expect(storyListState.scroll.scrollTop).toBe(0);
+
+      scrollToStory(storyListState, 14);
+
+      expect(storyListState.scroll.scrollTop).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
     it("should scroll up to show off-screen selected story", async () => {
       // Create more stories than can fit in viewport
       const posts = createMockPosts(20);