diff --git a/admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatSidebar.tsx b/admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatSidebar.tsx
index a50cb72..c378afd 100644
--- a/admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatSidebar.tsx
+++ b/admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatSidebar.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ export default function ChatSidebar({
   onClearHistory,
   isInModal = false,
 }: ChatSidebarProps) {
-  const [isKnowledgeBaseModalOpen, setIsKnowledgeBaseModalOpen] = useState(false)
+  const [isKnowledgeBaseModalOpen, setIsKnowledgeBaseModalOpen] = useState(
+    () => new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('knowledge_base') === 'true'
+  )
+
+  function handleCloseKnowledgeBase() {
+    setIsKnowledgeBaseModalOpen(false)
+    const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
+    if (params.has('knowledge_base')) {
+      params.delete('knowledge_base')
+      const newUrl = [window.location.pathname, params.toString()].filter(Boolean).join('?')
+      window.history.replaceState(window.history.state, '', newUrl)
+    }
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className="w-64 bg-gray-50 border-r border-gray-200 flex flex-col h-full">
@@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ export default function ChatSidebar({
         )}
       </div>
       {isKnowledgeBaseModalOpen && (
-        <KnowledgeBaseModal onClose={() => setIsKnowledgeBaseModalOpen(false)} />
+        <KnowledgeBaseModal onClose={handleCloseKnowledgeBase} />
       )}
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/admin/start/routes.ts b/admin/start/routes.ts
index 0a10285..dc9e501 100644
--- a/admin/start/routes.ts
+++ b/admin/start/routes.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ router.get('/home', [HomeController, 'home'])
 router.on('/about').renderInertia('about')
 router.get('/chat', [ChatsController, 'inertia'])
 router.get('/maps', [MapsController, 'index'])
+router.on('/knowledge-base').redirectToPath('/chat?knowledge_base=true') // redirect for legacy knowledge-base links
 
 router.get('/easy-setup', [EasySetupController, 'index'])
 router.get('/easy-setup/complete', [EasySetupController, 'complete'])
@@ -59,11 +60,9 @@ router
 router
   .group(() => {
     router.get('/:slug', [DocsController, 'show'])
-    router.get('/', ({ inertia }) => {
-      return inertia.render('Docs/Index', {
-        title: 'Documentation',
-        content: 'Welcome to the documentation!',
-      })
+    router.get('/', ({ response }) => {
+      // redirect to /docs/home if accessing root
+      response.redirect('/docs/home')
     })
   })
   .prefix('/docs')