diff --git a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/components/LibraryHeader/index.tsx b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/components/LibraryHeader/index.tsx
index 54efb7f7..9728e217 100644
--- a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/components/LibraryHeader/index.tsx
+++ b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/components/LibraryHeader/index.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ interface Props {
   showSaved: boolean;
   setShowSaved: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
   savedCases: SavedCase[];
-  matchTotal: number | null;
   onBrowseAll: () => void;
   onShuffle: () => void;
 }
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ export default function LibraryHeader({
   showSaved,
   setShowSaved,
   savedCases,
-  matchTotal,
   onBrowseAll,
   onShuffle,
 }: Props) {
@@ -44,13 +42,6 @@ export default function LibraryHeader({
             ? "Back to browse"
             : `Saved${savedCases.length ? ` (${savedCases.length})` : ""}`}
         </button>
-        {!showSaved && matchTotal !== null && (
-          <span aria-live="polite" className={styles.matchTotal}>
-            {`${matchTotal.toLocaleString()} ${
-              matchTotal === 1 ? "case matches" : "cases match"
-            }`}
-          </span>
-        )}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/index.tsx b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/index.tsx
index ffb2e09c..4f7e21ef 100644
--- a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/index.tsx
+++ b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/Homepage/index.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export default function Homepage() {
             showSaved={dash.showSaved}
             setShowSaved={dash.setShowSaved}
             savedCases={dash.savedCases}
-            matchTotal={dash.matchTotal}
             onBrowseAll={dash.handleBrowseAll}
             onShuffle={dash.handleShuffle}
           />
@@ -96,6 +95,19 @@ export default function Homepage() {
           onCompare={dash.handleCompare}
         />
       )}
+      {/* Match count moved out of the header to a fixed bar at the bottom of the
+          screen, so it's out of the way while filtering. */}
+      {!dash.showSaved && dash.matchTotal !== null && (
+        <div
+          aria-live="polite"
+          className="fixed bottom-4 left-4 z-40 rounded-full border border-black/10 bg-white/95 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 shadow-md backdrop-blur"
+        >
+          {`${dash.matchTotal.toLocaleString()} ${
+            dash.matchTotal === 1 ? "case matches" : "cases match"
+          }`}
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       <SiteFooter />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/LandingPage/index.tsx b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/LandingPage/index.tsx
index 8da5ac9b..c9e5fae0 100644
--- a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/LandingPage/index.tsx
+++ b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/LandingPage/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { segmentation_categories } from "../../helpers/constants";
 import Header from "../../components/Header";
 import SiteFooter from "../../components/SiteFooter";
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ const easeOutCubic = (progress: number): number => {
 };
 
 export default function LandingPage() {
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [animationProgress, setAnimationProgress] = useState(0);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -109,22 +107,6 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>
-        <div className={styles.heroActions}>
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            className={styles.btnPrimary}
-            onClick={() => navigate("/dashboard")}
-          >
-            Browse Dataset
-          </button>
-          <button
-            type="button"
-            className={styles.btnSecondary}
-            onClick={() => navigate("/upload")}
-          >
-            Upload Dataset
-          </button>
-        </div>
       </main>
       <SiteFooter />
     </div>
diff --git a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/UploadPage.tsx b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/UploadPage.tsx
index 27021764..e3987622 100644
--- a/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/UploadPage.tsx
+++ b/PanTS-Demo/src/routes/UploadPage.tsx
@@ -1897,7 +1897,11 @@ const UploadPage: React.FC = () => {
                     width: "36px", height: "36px", borderRadius: "8px", flexShrink: 0,
                     background: "rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.04)", border: "1px solid rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.12)",
                     display: "flex", alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center",
-                  }}><div className="upload-spinner" /></div>
+                  }}>{/* A static pulsing dot per scan instead of a spinning wheel:
+                       multiple in-flight scans shouldn't each spin. The single
+                       spinner lives in the batch ProcessingSummaryBar. */}
+                    <span className="animate-pulse" style={{ width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: "50%", background: "#0F172A", display: "block" }} />
+                  </div>
                   <div>
                     <div style={{ fontFamily: "'Space Grotesk', sans-serif", fontSize: "14px", fontWeight: 600, color: "#111111" }}>{u.label}</div>
                     <div style={{ fontFamily: "'JetBrains Mono', monospace", fontSize: "11px", color: "#6a6a6a", marginTop: "2px" }}>