diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/bar.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/bar.css
index de30037f8..77b33975b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/bar.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/bar.css
@@ -16,4 +16,14 @@
       border-block-start: 1px solid var(--color-ink-lighter);
     }
   }
+
+  .bar__modal {
+    inset: auto 0 0 0;
+    bottom: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    max-height: 70vh;
+    position: fixed;
+    right: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
index e2f21b1c6..0193539ac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
   def create
-    Conversation.create_or_find_by(user: Current.user)
+    Current.user.start_or_continue_conversation
   end
 
   def show
diff --git a/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js b/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
index a4bd388a2..200f1fe37 100644
--- a/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/controllers/bar_controller.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"
 import { post } from "@rails/request.js"
 
 export default class extends Controller {
-  static targets = [ "modalTurboFrame" ]
+  static targets = [ "turboFrame" ]
   static outlets = [ "dialog" ]
   static values = {
     searchUrl: String,
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     askTurboFrameName: String
   }
 
+  connect() {
+    this.closeModal()
+  }
+
+  closeModal() {
+    this.dialogOutlet.close()
+    this.#clearTurboFrame()
+  }
+
   search() {
     this.#openInTurboFrame(this.searchTurboFrameNameValue, this.searchUrlValue)
     this.dialogOutlet.open()
@@ -22,9 +31,15 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.dialogOutlet.open()
   }
 
+  #clearTurboFrame() {
+    this.turboFrameTarget.removeAttribute("id")
+    this.turboFrameTarget.removeAttribute("src")
+    this.turboFrameTarget.innerHtml = ""
+  }
+
   #openInTurboFrame(name, url) {
-    this.modalTurboFrameTarget.id = name
-    this.modalTurboFrameTarget.src = url
+    this.turboFrameTarget.id = name
+    this.turboFrameTarget.src = url
   }
 
   #initializeConversation() {
diff --git a/app/views/conversations/show.html.erb b/app/views/conversations/show.html.erb
index ba045611d..8a9b7f2a4 100644
--- a/app/views/conversations/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/conversations/show.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-<%= turbo_frame_tag "conversation", target: "_top" do %>
+<%= turbo_frame_tag "conversation" do %>
   <%= turbo_stream_from Current.user, :conversation %>
   <div class="conversation">
     <div class="conversation__header">
       <span class="txt-medium font-weight-black margin-inline-start-half">Fizzy /Ask</span>
-      <form method="dialog">
-        <button class="btn txt-x-small">
-          <%= icon_tag "remove-med" %>
-          <span class="for-screen-reader">Close</span>
-        </button>
-      </form>
+      <button class="btn txt-x-small" data-action="bar#closeModal:prevent">
+        <%= icon_tag "remove-med" %>
+        <span class="for-screen-reader">Close</span>
+      </button>
     </div>
     <%= turbo_frame_tag dom_id(@conversation, :messages_container), src: conversation_messages_path, target: "_top" %>
     <%= render partial: "conversations/show/thinking_indicator", locals: { conversation: @conversation } %>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 836fb99f5..ff43e5d5b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
       <% if Current.user && !@hide_footer_frames %>
         <div id="footer_frames" data-turbo-permanent="true">
+          <%= render "bar/bar" %>
           <%= render "my/pins/tray" %>
-          <%= render "shared/bar" %>
           <%= render "notifications/tray" %>
         </div>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/searches/_result.html.erb b/app/views/searches/_result.html.erb
index 810135262..eea2fbb1e 100644
--- a/app/views/searches/_result.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/searches/_result.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <li>
-  <%= link_to result.source, class: "card card--search" do %>
+  <%= link_to result.source, class: "card card--search", data: { turbo_frame: "_top" } do %>
     <header class="card__header">
       <label class="card__collection flex align-center">
         <span class="card__id"><%= result.card_id %></span>
diff --git a/app/views/searches/show.html.erb b/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
index 0f6fb47b0..aa233a1eb 100644
--- a/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
@@ -1,44 +1,31 @@
-<% @page_title = "Search" %>
-
-<% content_for :header do %>
-  <nav class="header">
-    <div class="header__actions header__actions--start">
-      <%= link_to_back fallback_path: root_path %>
-    </div>
-
-    <h1 class="header__title"><%= @page_title %></h1>
-
-    <div class="header__actions header__actions--end"></div>
-  </nav>
-<% end %>
-
 <%= turbo_frame_tag "search", target: :_top do %>
-  <button class="btn txt-x-small" data-action="dialog#close:prevent">
+  <button class="btn txt-x-small" data-action="bar#closeModal:prevent">
     <%= icon_tag "remove-med" %>
     <span class="for-screen-reader">Close</span>
   </button>
-  <%= auto_submit_form_with url: searches_queries_path(q: @query_terms), method: :post %>
 
   <section class="search">
+    <% if @query_terms.present? %>
+      <div class="search__results">
+        <% if @search_results.none? %>
+          <div class="search__empty">
+            No search results
+          </div>
+        <% end %>
+
+        <ul class="search__list">
+          <%= render partial: "searches/result", collection: @search_results %>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+
+      <aside class="search__history">
+        <h3>Your recent searches…</h3>
+        <ul class="search__list">
+          <%= render partial: "searches/search_query", collection: @recent_search_queries.first(10) %>
+        </ul>
+      </aside>
+    <% end%>
+
     <%= render "searches/form", query_terms: @query_terms %>
-
-    <div class="search__results">
-      <% if @query_terms.present? && @search_results.none? %>
-        <div class="search__empty">
-          No search results
-        </div>
-      <% end %>
-
-      <ul class="search__list">
-        <%= render partial: "searches/result", collection: @search_results %>
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-
-    <aside class="search__history">
-      <h3>Your recent searches…</h3>
-      <ul class="search__list">
-        <%= render partial: "searches/search_query", collection: @recent_search_queries.first(10) %>
-      </ul>
-    </aside>
   </section>
 <% end %>