diff --git a/knotmirror/adminpage.go b/knotmirror/adminpage.go
index 7db562e1..6fa3d477 100644
--- a/knotmirror/adminpage.go
+++ b/knotmirror/adminpage.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/syntax"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"tangled.org/core/appview/pagination"
+	"tangled.org/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.org/core/knotmirror/db"
 	"tangled.org/core/knotmirror/models"
 	"tangled.org/core/knotmirror/xrpc"
@@ -30,14 +31,16 @@ type AdminServer struct {
 	resyncer *Resyncer
 	xrpc     *xrpc.Xrpc
 	logger   *slog.Logger
+	resolver *idresolver.Resolver
 }
 
-func NewAdminServer(l *slog.Logger, database *sql.DB, resyncer *Resyncer, x *xrpc.Xrpc) *AdminServer {
+func NewAdminServer(l *slog.Logger, database *sql.DB, resyncer *Resyncer, x *xrpc.Xrpc, resolver *idresolver.Resolver) *AdminServer {
 	return &AdminServer{
 		db:       database,
 		resyncer: resyncer,
 		xrpc:     x,
 		logger:   l,
+		resolver: resolver,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -103,13 +106,30 @@ func (s *AdminServer) handleRepos() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		var (
-			did   = r.URL.Query().Get("did")
-			knot  = r.URL.Query().Get("knot")
-			state = r.URL.Query().Get("state")
+			didInput = r.URL.Query().Get("did")
+			knot     = r.URL.Query().Get("knot")
+			state    = r.URL.Query().Get("state")
 			name     = r.URL.Query().Get("name")
 		)
 
-		repos, err := db.ListRepos(r.Context(), s.db, page, did, knot, state)
+		did := didInput
+		if didInput != "" {
+			if _, err := syntax.ParseDID(didInput); err != nil {
+				// treat as a handle and resolve to DID
+				handle, herr := syntax.ParseHandle(didInput)
+				if herr != nil {
+					http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("invalid DID or handle: %s", didInput), http.StatusBadRequest)
+					return
+				}
+				resolved, rerr := s.resolver.ResolveHandle(r.Context(), handle.Normalize())
+				if rerr != nil {
+					http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("could not resolve handle %q: %s", didInput, rerr), http.StatusBadRequest)
+					return
+				}
+				did = resolved.String()
+			}
+		}
+
 		repos, err := db.ListRepos(r.Context(), s.db, page, did, knot, state, name)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/knotmirror/knotmirror.go b/knotmirror/knotmirror.go
index 567396ba..6c004c98 100644
--- a/knotmirror/knotmirror.go
+++ b/knotmirror/knotmirror.go
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{Addr: cfg.RedisAddr})
 
-	resolver := idresolver.DefaultResolver(cfg.PlcUrl)
+	resolver, err := idresolver.RedisResolver("redis://"+cfg.RedisAddr, cfg.PlcUrl)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to create redis resolver for admin, falling back to default", "err", err)
+		resolver = idresolver.DefaultResolver(cfg.PlcUrl)
+	}
 
 	// NOTE: using plain git-cli for clone/fetch as go-git is too memory-intensive.
 	gitm := NewCliGitMirrorManager(cfg.GitRepoBasePath, cfg.KnotUseSSL)
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) error {
 	crawler := NewCrawler(logger, db)
 	resyncer := NewResyncer(logger, db, gitm, cfg)
 	xrpc := xrpc.New(logger, cfg, db, rdb, resolver, knotstream)
-	adminpage := NewAdminServer(logger, db, resyncer, xrpc)
+	adminpage := NewAdminServer(logger, db, resyncer, xrpc, resolver)
 
 	// maintain repository list with tap
 	// NOTE: this can be removed once we introduce did-for-repo because then we can just listen to KnotStream for #identity events.
diff --git a/knotmirror/templates/repos.html b/knotmirror/templates/repos.html
index 83e1f707..9fb3ebef 100644
--- a/knotmirror/templates/repos.html
+++ b/knotmirror/templates/repos.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     hx-swap="outerHTML"
     hx-trigger="input delay:300ms from:input, change from:select, every 10s"
   >
-    <input type="text" name="did" placeholder="DID" value="{{.FilterByDid}}">
+    <input type="text" name="did" placeholder="DID or handle" value="{{.FilterByDid}}">
     <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name" value="{{.FilterByName}}">
     <input type="text" name="knot" placeholder="Knot Domain" value="{{.FilterByKnot}}">
     <select name="state">