diff --git a/src/app/client-layout.jsx b/src/app/client-layout.jsx
index bdf6e8d..0a2955b 100644
--- a/src/app/client-layout.jsx
+++ b/src/app/client-layout.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { usePathname } from 'next/navigation';
+import { FeedbackWidget } from '@profullstack/stack/feedback';
 import { useThemeStore, themeUtils } from '@/lib/stores/theme.js';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/hooks/useI18n.js';
 import { i18nUtils, languages } from '@/lib/stores/i18n.js';
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@ export default function ClientLayout({ children }) {
           <ActiveCallInterface />
         </>
       )}
+      {/* pathname is passed explicitly so hideOnRoutes tracks client-side
+          navigation — the widget's own detection only reads window.location
+          on first render, which never re-runs from a root layout. */}
+      <FeedbackWidget
+        property="qrypt.chat"
+        pathname={pathname}
+        hideOnRoutes={['/chat', '/chats', '/u', '/anon']}
+      />
       <style>{`
         .app {
           min-height: 100vh;
diff --git a/src/app/layout.jsx b/src/app/layout.jsx
index 20b32d0..402969c 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.jsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import './globals.css';
 import ClientLayout from './client-layout.jsx';
-import { FeedbackWidget } from '@profullstack/stack/feedback';
 import Script from "next/script";
 
 const SITE_URL = (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL ?? process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL ?? 'https://qrypt.chat').replace(/\/$/, '');
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({ children }) {
       <body suppressHydrationWarning>
         <ClientLayout>{children}</ClientLayout>
               <Script data-site="38c4083a-a35e-435d-8a0e-3510c465f419" src="https://crawlproof.com/stats.js" strategy="afterInteractive" />
-      <FeedbackWidget property="qrypt.chat" hideOnRoutes={['/chat', '/chats', '/u', '/anon']} /></body>
+      </body>
     </html>
   );
 }
