diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/App.axaml.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/App.axaml.cs
index ca7e051d..1e0afeaf 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/App.axaml.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
     /// <c>DataValidationErrors.SetErrors</c>.
     /// </summary>
     public IServiceProvider? Services { get; private set; }
-
+    private MainWindow window;
     public App()
     {
     }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
             var homePage = provider.GetRequiredService<HomePage>();
             homePage.DataContext = provider.GetRequiredService<HomePageViewModel>();
 
-            var window = new MainWindow();
+            window = new MainWindow();
             window.SessionBanner.DataContext = sessionStatus;
 
             // Build the navigation stack from scratch: HomePage is the
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
             sessionStatus.LoginSucceeded += () =>
             {
                 var w = (MainWindow)((IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime)ApplicationLifetime!).MainWindow!;
-                _ = PushMainPageAsync(provider, w);
+                _ = PushMainPageAsync();
             };
 
             // When the user clicks the "Paramètres" button on the
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public partial class App : Application
                 _ = w.NavRoot.PushAsync(settingsPage);
             };
 
-            window.Opened += async (_, _) => await BootAsync(provider, api, window);
+            window.Opened += async (_, _) => await BootAsync(provider, api);
         }
         else if (ApplicationLifetime is ISingleViewApplicationLifetime singleView)
         {
@@ -223,15 +223,14 @@ public partial class App : Application
     /// </summary>
     private static async Task BootAsync(
         IServiceProvider provider,
-        YavscApiClient api,
-        MainWindow window)
+        YavscApiClient api)
     {
         var refreshed = await api.TrySilentLoginAsync().ConfigureAwait(true);
         var sessionStatus = provider.GetRequiredService<SessionStatusViewModel>();
         sessionStatus.Refresh();
         if (!refreshed) return;
 
-        await PushMainPageAsync(provider, window).ConfigureAwait(true);
+        await PushMainPageAsync().ConfigureAwait(true);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -241,12 +240,13 @@ public partial class App : Application
     /// (interactive login from the banner). Pulled out as a helper so
     /// the two callers can't drift apart.
     /// </summary>
-    private static async Task PushMainPageAsync(IServiceProvider provider, MainWindow window)
+    public static async Task PushMainPageAsync()
     {
-        var mainVm = provider.GetRequiredService<MainPageViewModel>();
-        var mainPage = provider.GetRequiredService<MainPage>();
+        var app = (App)Current;
+        var mainVm = app.Services.GetRequiredService<MainPageViewModel>();
+        var mainPage = app.Services.GetRequiredService<MainPage>();
         mainPage.DataContext = mainVm;
-        await window.NavRoot.PushAsync(mainPage).ConfigureAwait(true);
+        await app.window.FindControl<NavigationPage>("NavRoot").PushAsync(mainPage).ConfigureAwait(true);
     }
 
     private bool TryHandOffCustomSchemeUrl()
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/ViewModels/HomePageViewModel.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/ViewModels/HomePageViewModel.cs
index 8d5b3a17..c11e396a 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/ViewModels/HomePageViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/ViewModels/HomePageViewModel.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using PostIt;
 using PostIt.Services;
-using PostIt.ViewModels;
+namespace PostIt.ViewModels;
 
 public class HomePageViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public class HomePageViewModel : ViewModelBase
         Api = api;
         Settings = settings;
     }
-
+    public RelayCommand OpenBlogs { get; set; } = new RelayCommand(() => App.PushMainPageAsync());
     /// <summary>
     /// Avalonia designer constructor. Builds a self-contained VM
     /// with a freshly-constructed Settings so the XAML preview can
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/HomePage.axaml b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/HomePage.axaml
index 82473542..7eb6dbb3 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/HomePage.axaml
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/HomePage.axaml
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 <ContentPage xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:vm="using:PostIt.ViewModels"
              x:Class="PostIt.Views.HomePage"
+             x:DataType="vm:HomePageViewModel"
              Header="Home">
+             <Design.DataContext>
+                  <vm:HomePageViewModel />
+              </Design.DataContext>
         <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                     VerticalAlignment="Center"
                     Spacing="12">
@@ -9,5 +14,8 @@
                            FontSize="22"
                            FontWeight="SemiBold"
                            HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
+          <Button Content="Open Blog Interface"
+                  Command="{Binding OpenBlogs}"
+                  HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
         </StackPanel>
 </ContentPage>
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/InitialPage.cs b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/InitialPage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainPage.axaml b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainPage.axaml
index e2b178e8..5c42e27c 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainPage.axaml
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainPage.axaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Spacing="12"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
                     VerticalAlignment="Top">
-            <TextBlock Text="PostIt Blog API Interface" FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold" />
 
             <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="8">
                 <Button Command="{Binding LoadPosts}" Content="Load posts" />
@@ -93,4 +92,4 @@
             </Grid>
         </Border>
     </Grid>
-</ContentPage>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ContentPage>
diff --git a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainWindow.axaml b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainWindow.axaml
index 32dd038a..a261c5a3 100644
--- a/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainWindow.axaml
+++ b/src/PostIt/PostIt/Views/MainWindow.axaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     -->
     <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
         <views:SessionStatusBanner x:Name="SessionBanner"
-                                   DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
+                                   DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"/>
         <NavigationPage x:Name="NavRoot"/>
     </DockPanel>