diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/UserMenu.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/UserMenu.tsx
index a8c55d42..b01773aa 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/UserMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/UserMenu.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 // deterministic pick from the same seven base16 chromatic slots the nav
 // accent cycles through (`AVATAR_ACCENTS`).
 //
-// "Authelia settings" / "log out" reuse the *same* URL `LinksMenu`
-// already shows for "Authelia" (`GET /api/links`), not a second source
-// of the domain; `/logout` is appended client-side — authelia's own
-// documented sign-out route.
+// "Authelia settings" / "log out" both build off the *same* base URL
+// `LinksMenu` already shows for "Authelia" (`GET /api/links`), not a
+// second source of the domain — `/settings` and `/logout` are appended
+// client-side, both real authelia routes (mara confirmed `/settings` is
+// the real path after the plain domain-root link landed short of it).
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'preact/hooks';
 import './UserMenu.css';
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export function UserMenu() {
             <>
               <a
                 class="user-menu-item"
-                href={base}
+                href={`${base}/settings`}
                 target="_blank"
                 rel="noreferrer"
                 role="menuitem"