diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index 6b161ab7..04a77ded 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -376,12 +376,17 @@ function renderQueueEntry(entry) {
         chip.append(el('span', { class: 'rqe-node-agent' }, ' · ' + n.agent));
       }
       row.append(chip);
-      if (n.has_log) {
+      if (n.build_log_id != null) {
+        // Deep-links into the BUILD L0GS tab's rich view (auto-expands +
+        // scrolls to this row there, see fetchBuild's `?id=N` handling)
+        // rather than the raw-text download endpoint — a plain download
+        // is surprising here since nothing about a printer-glyph icon
+        // says "this leaves the app".  The raw download is still one
+        // click away once on that row.
         row.append(el('a', {
           class: 'rqe-log-link rqe-node-log',
-          href: '/api/build-log/' + n.id + '/raw',
-          target: '_blank',
-          title: 'download build log for ' + n.kind + ' node',
+          href: '/builds.html?id=' + n.build_log_id + '#buildlogs',
+          title: 'view build log for ' + n.kind + ' node',
         }, '⎙'));
       }
       treeRoot.append(row);
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
index 1bce674f..3cb8efd2 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
@@ -559,7 +559,8 @@ impl QueueInner {
             } else {
                 Vec::new()
             };
-            let has_log = self.node_rt.get(&id).and_then(|r| r.build_log_id).is_some();
+            let build_log_id = self.node_rt.get(&id).and_then(|r| r.build_log_id);
+            let has_log = build_log_id.is_some();
             // `node.parent` is the structural jobq parent. Top-level nodes
             // have `parent == Some(container)` (direct children of the Dag
             // container); those become `parent: None` on the wire since the
@@ -581,6 +582,7 @@ impl QueueInner {
                 approval_id,
                 inputs,
                 has_log,
+                build_log_id,
                 parent,
             });
         }
diff --git a/hive-host-sock/src/jobs.rs b/hive-host-sock/src/jobs.rs
index d8d568e4..50394821 100644
--- a/hive-host-sock/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/hive-host-sock/src/jobs.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ pub struct NodeView {
     /// store-only nodes don't render a link that 404s.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub has_log: bool,
+    /// The underlying build-log history row id, when this node has a
+    /// captured log (`Some` iff `has_log`). Lets the client deep-link to the
+    /// rich BUILD L0GS tab view (`/builds.html?id=<id>#buildlogs`) instead of
+    /// only the raw-text download endpoint.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub build_log_id: Option<i64>,
     /// Structural parent in the jobq tree — `None` for top-level nodes
     /// (direct children of the DAG container). Sub-nodes carry the id of
     /// their containing parent node. The client uses this to render the
diff --git a/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs b/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
index cfe658b1..059b8c11 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ mod tests {
             approval_id: None,
             inputs: vec![],
             has_log: false,
+            build_log_id: None,
         }
     }