diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c1bb3bf..a533ebd 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
                 android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
                 android:resource="@style/NormalTheme" />
 
+            <!-- Disable Flutter's implicit deep-link routing so that
+                 app_links/DeepLinkService is the sole handler of incoming
+                 deflockapp:// URIs. Without this, Flutter's engine also
+                 tries to auto-convert the URI into a Navigator route
+                 (e.g. "/add?p=...") which conflicts with the navigation
+                 DeepLinkService performs, causing screens pushed by
+                 DeepLinkService to be immediately buried by a duplicate
+                 HomeScreen route. -->
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="flutter_deeplinking_enabled"
+                android:value="false" />
+
+
             <!-- Launcher intent -->
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
diff --git a/ios/Runner/Info.plist b/ios/Runner/Info.plist
index 8f414e4..6918f87 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/Runner/Info.plist
@@ -2,8 +2,19 @@
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <plist version="1.0">
 <dict>
+	<!-- Disable Flutter's implicit deep-link routing so that
+	     app_links/DeepLinkService is the sole handler of incoming
+	     deflockapp:// URIs. Without this, Flutter's engine also tries
+	     to auto-convert the URI into a Navigator route (e.g.
+	     "/add?p=...") which conflicts with the navigation
+	     DeepLinkService performs, causing screens pushed by
+	     DeepLinkService to be immediately buried by a duplicate
+	     HomeScreen route. -->
+	<key>FlutterDeepLinkingEnabled</key>
+	<false/>
 	<key>CADisableMinimumFrameDurationOnPhone</key>
 	<true/>
+
 	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
 	<string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string>
 	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 7151eb9..6b4473c 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -125,16 +125,21 @@ class DeFlockApp extends StatelessWidget {
       },
       initialRoute: '/',
       onUnknownRoute: (settings) {
-        // Handle deep link routes that Flutter tries to process before app_links
-        // This catches routes like "/?id=13939398601" from "deflockapp://node?id=13939398601"
-        debugPrint('[Navigation] Unknown route intercepted: ${settings.name} (likely deep link, will be handled by DeepLinkService)');
+        // Fallback for any genuinely unknown named route (e.g. a stale/bad
+        // link). Deep links (deflockapp://...) are handled exclusively by
+        // DeepLinkService via the app_links package - Flutter's own
+        // implicit deep-link routing is disabled at the platform level
+        // (see AndroidManifest.xml's flutter_deeplinking_enabled and
+        // Info.plist's FlutterDeepLinkingEnabled) to avoid this handler
+        // double-navigating and burying screens pushed by DeepLinkService.
+        debugPrint('[Navigation] Unknown route intercepted: ${settings.name}');
         return MaterialPageRoute(
           settings: settings,
           builder: (_) => const HomeScreen(),
         );
       },
-
     );
+
   }
 }