diff --git a/assets/js/filebrowser.js b/assets/js/filebrowser.js
index 1669b82..5c9b23c 100644
--- a/assets/js/filebrowser.js
+++ b/assets/js/filebrowser.js
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@
       // actually navigates.
       var isProjectLink = a.hasAttribute("href") && a.hasAttribute("data-img");
       a.addEventListener("mouseenter", function () {
-        if (locked >= 0 && i !== locked) showPeek(a); else hidePeek();
+        if (locked < 0) { hidePeek(); render(i); }   // nothing locked — hover drives the main preview, like before locking existed
+        else if (i !== locked) showPeek(a);
+        else hidePeek();
       });
       a.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
         if (isProjectLink) {