diff --git a/src/views/pds.tsx b/src/views/pds.tsx
index 59dd5d8..d36ba4c 100644
--- a/src/views/pds.tsx
+++ b/src/views/pds.tsx
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ const PdsView = () => {
   const params = useParams();
   const hidden = () => !!params.repo;
   const location = useLocation();
-  setPDS(params.pds);
+  if (params.pds !== "at:") setPDS(params.pds);
   const pds =
     params.pds!.startsWith("localhost") ? `http://${params.pds}` : `https://${params.pds}`;
   const rpc = new Client({ handler: simpleFetchHandler({ service: pds }) });
diff --git a/src/views/repo/index.tsx b/src/views/repo/index.tsx
index 7308647..e76e148 100644
--- a/src/views/repo/index.tsx
+++ b/src/views/repo/index.tsx
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ import { createLatch } from "../../lib/create-latch.js";
 import { useFilterShortcut } from "../../lib/keyboard.js";
 import { RepoProvider, useRepo } from "../../lib/repo-context.jsx";
 import { BlobView } from "../blob.jsx";
+import { plcDirectory } from "../settings.jsx";
 import { IdentityView } from "./identity.jsx";
 import { PlcLogView } from "./logs.jsx";
-import { plcDirectory } from "../settings.jsx";
 
 export const repoPreload: RoutePreloadFunc = ({ params }) => {
   if (params.repo?.startsWith("did:")) void getPDS(params.repo);
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export const RepoLayout = (props: RouteSectionProps) => {
       return id?.startsWith("did:") ? id : undefined;
     },
     async (did) => {
+      setPDS(undefined);
       try {
         const pdsUrl = await getPDS(did);
         const rpc = new Client({ handler: simpleFetchHandler({ service: pdsUrl }) });