diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index bff24633..144c86db 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ import {
 
   document.addEventListener('tabChanged', function (e) {
     if (e.detail && e.detail.tab === 'assistant') {
-      initIfNeeded();
       // Open WebUI-style: the assistant workspace replaces the main menu;
       // saved chats become the left navigation and Go back restores the app.
+      // The class goes on first: it is the layout, and it must not depend on
+      // the initialiser finishing — an error in there once left the app
+      // sidebar and the chat rail side by side with the panels half height.
       document.body.classList.add('assistant-workspace');
+      try { initIfNeeded(); } catch (err) { console.error('[assistant] init failed', err); }
     }
     if (e.detail && e.detail.tab && e.detail.tab !== 'assistant' && e.detail.tab !== 'learning') {
       lastNonAssistantTab = e.detail.tab;
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ import {
     var id = null;
     try { id = localStorage.getItem(modelStorageKey(OPEN_CHAT_KEY)); } catch (e) {}
     if (!id || !document.getElementById('assistant-messages')) return;
+    if (typeof fetchSavedAssistantChat !== 'function') return;
     // Quietly: a chat that was deleted from another device is simply gone,
     // and the page opens on a new chat as it always did.
     return fetchSavedAssistantChat(id)
@@ -2622,7 +2626,9 @@ import {
       '<p>Ask a real clinical question. Citations stay linked to the source cards on the right.</p>' +
       '<div class="assistant-examples">' + examples.map(function (item) {
         var source = item.sourceTitle ? (' title="Available from: ' + escapeAttr(item.sourceTitle + (item.page ? ', page ' + item.page : '')) + '"') : '';
-        return '<button type="button" data-assistant-example="' + escapeAttr(item.prompt) + '"' + source + '>' + escapeHtml(item.label) + '</button>';
+        // The question itself, not a two-word label: "Status asthma escalation"
+        // says nothing about what will be asked; the question does.
+        return '<button type="button" data-assistant-example="' + escapeAttr(item.prompt) + '"' + source + '>' + escapeHtml(item.prompt || item.label) + '</button>';
       }).join('') + '</div></div>';
   }
 
@@ -2634,7 +2640,7 @@ import {
       examples[i] = examples[j];
       examples[j] = tmp;
     }
-    return examples.slice(0, 3);
+    return examples.slice(0, 4);
   }
 
   function bindExampleButtons(root) {