diff --git a/src/app/components/NotePage.svelte b/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
similarity index 63%
rename from src/app/components/NotePage.svelte
rename to src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
index de390877..e4646768 100644
--- a/src/app/components/NotePage.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   import Reply from "@assets/icons/reply-2.svg?dataurl"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
-  import Page from "@lib/components/Page.svelte"
-  import PageContent from "@lib/components/PageContent.svelte"
+  import Modal from "@lib/components/Modal.svelte"
+  import ModalBody from "@lib/components/ModalBody.svelte"
   import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
   import CommentCompose from "@app/components/CommentCompose.svelte"
   import CommentTree from "@app/components/CommentTree.svelte"
@@ -38,38 +38,34 @@
   onDestroy(context.cleanup)
 </script>
 
-<Page>
-  <PageContent noPad class="flex flex-col">
+<Modal label="Note">
+  <ModalBody>
     {#if $event}
       {@const note = $event}
       {@const replyToNote = () => setReplyTo(note)}
-      <div class="border-b border-line bg-surface px-4 py-4">
-        <div class="mx-auto w-full max-w-[68ch]">
-          <NoteItem event={note} {context} card={false} showEntire>
-            {#if replyTo?.id !== note.id}
-              <Button class="button button-neutral button-xs" onclick={replyToNote}>
-                <Icon icon={Reply} size={4} />
-                Reply
-              </Button>
-            {/if}
-          </NoteItem>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div class="mx-auto w-full max-w-[68ch] px-4 pt-4">
+      <div class="border-line flex flex-col gap-4 border-b pb-4">
+        <NoteItem event={note} {context} card={false} showEntire>
+          {#if replyTo?.id !== note.id}
+            <Button class="button button-neutral button-xs" onclick={replyToNote}>
+              <Icon icon={Reply} size={4} />
+              Reply
+            </Button>
+          {/if}
+        </NoteItem>
         {#if replyTo?.id === note.id}
-          <div class="pb-4">
-            <CommentCompose
-              event={note}
-              noun="Reply"
-              onCancel={clearReplyTo}
-              onSubmit={clearReplyTo} />
-          </div>
+          <CommentCompose
+            event={note}
+            noun="Reply"
+            onCancel={clearReplyTo}
+            onSubmit={clearReplyTo} />
         {/if}
+      </div>
+      <div class="flex flex-col">
         {#each $replies as node (node.comment.id)}
           <CommentTree {node} root={note} {replyTo} {setReplyTo} {context} />
         {/each}
-        {#if $replies.length === 0 && replyTo?.id !== note.id}
-          <p class="py-6 text-sm opacity-75">No replies yet.</p>
+        {#if $replies.length === 0}
+          <p class="py-2 text-sm opacity-75">No replies yet.</p>
         {/if}
       </div>
     {:else}
@@ -81,5 +77,5 @@
         {/await}
       </div>
     {/if}
-  </PageContent>
-</Page>
+  </ModalBody>
+</Modal>
diff --git a/src/app/routes.ts b/src/app/routes.ts
index 1e8ca7de..8dc7e833 100644
--- a/src/app/routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/routes.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ import {entityLink, PLATFORM_URL, PLATFORM_RELAYS} from "@app/env"
 import {decodeRelay, encodeRelay} from "@app/relays"
 import {DM_KINDS} from "@app/content"
 import {navigate, pushModal} from "@app/modal"
+import type {NotePointer} from "@app/social"
 import ChatEnable from "@app/components/ChatEnable.svelte"
+import NoteDetail from "@app/components/NoteDetail.svelte"
 
 // State
 
@@ -267,8 +269,23 @@ export const scrollToEvent = (id: string) => {
   return element instanceof HTMLElement
 }
 
+// A note opens over whatever is on screen rather than on a page of its own.
+export const pushNote = (pointer: NotePointer) => pushModal(NoteDetail, {pointer}, {size: "large"})
+
+// A url resolving to a note has nothing on screen to open it over, so the app goes behind it.
+export const goToNote = (pointer: NotePointer) => {
+  pushNote(pointer)
+
+  return goToHome()
+}
+
 export const goToEvent = (event: TrustedEvent, options: Record<string, any> = {}) => {
   const urls = Array.from(app.get().tracker.getRelays(event.id))
+
+  if (event.kind === NOTE) {
+    return pushNote({id: event.id, pubkey: event.pubkey, relays: urls})
+  }
+
   const path = makeEventPath(event, urls)
 
   if (path.includes("://")) {
diff --git a/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
index 7740f1d2..1a442e89 100644
--- a/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   import {onMount} from "svelte"
   import * as nip19 from "nostr-tools/nip19"
   import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
-  import {Address, getIdFilters} from "@welshman/util"
+  import {Address, NOTE, getIdFilters} from "@welshman/util"
   import {LOCAL_RELAY_URL} from "@welshman/net"
   import {goto} from "$app/navigation"
   import {decodePubkey} from "@lib/util"
   import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
   import {network} from "@app/core"
-  import {goToEvent, makeProfilePath} from "@app/routes"
+  import {goToEvent, goToNote, makeProfilePath} from "@app/routes"
   import type {PageProps} from "./$types"
 
   const {params}: PageProps = $props()
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@
       filters: getIdFilters([type === "nevent" ? data.id : Address.fromNaddr(bech32).toString()]),
       onEvent: (event: TrustedEvent) => {
         found = true
-        goToEvent(event, {replaceState: true})
+
+        if (event.kind === NOTE) {
+          goToNote({id: event.id, pubkey: event.pubkey, relays: data.relays})
+        } else {
+          goToEvent(event, {replaceState: true})
+        }
       },
       onClose: () => {
         if (!found) {
diff --git a/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+layout.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ad37d50..00000000
--- a/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+layout.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-  import type {LayoutProps} from "./$types"
-
-  const {children, params}: LayoutProps = $props()
-</script>
-
-{#key params.nevent}
-  {@render children?.()}
-{/key}
diff --git a/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+page.svelte
index d6ca63fc..a9042c85 100644
--- a/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/notes/[nevent]/+page.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import {onMount} from "svelte"
-  import NotePage from "@app/components/NotePage.svelte"
-  import {navigate} from "@app/modal"
+  import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
+  import {goToHome, goToNote} from "@app/routes"
   import {decodeNotePointer} from "@app/social"
   import type {PageProps} from "./$types"
 
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
   const pointer = decodeNotePointer(params.nevent)
 
   onMount(() => {
-    if (!pointer) {
-      navigate("/", {replaceState: true})
+    if (pointer) {
+      goToNote(pointer)
+    } else {
+      goToHome()
     }
   })
 </script>
 
-{#if pointer}
-  <NotePage {pointer} />
-{/if}
+<Spinner />