diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
index 4d097ee..f7fc781 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ export default function Feed({
           startAt={activeVideo.startAt}
           onClose={() => setActiveVideo(null)}
           onState={onState}
+          onOpenChannel={onOpenChannel}
         />
       )}
       {isFetchingNextPage && (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
index 056dd42..973ada7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
@@ -559,8 +559,19 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
               <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 shrink-0 min-w-0">
                 <button
                   onClick={() => {
+                    if (!onOpenChannel) return onClose();
+                    const cid = active.channel_id;
+                    const cname = active.channel_title ?? undefined;
+                    // Closing the player pops its own history entry (useBackToClose → history.back()).
+                    // Open the channel only AFTER that pop's popstate — pushing the channel entry
+                    // before it would let the back remove it again (the bug: clicking the name only
+                    // closed the player). One-shot listener fires after App's popstate handler.
+                    const open = () => {
+                      window.removeEventListener("popstate", open);
+                      onOpenChannel(cid, cname);
+                    };
+                    window.addEventListener("popstate", open);
                     onClose();
-                    onOpenChannel?.(active.channel_id, active.channel_title ?? undefined);
                   }}
                   className="font-medium hover:text-accent truncate text-left"
                 >