diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/nl/hansdezwart/bgclock/MainActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/nl/hansdezwart/bgclock/MainActivity.java
index 2b66289..0305e84 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/nl/hansdezwart/bgclock/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/nl/hansdezwart/bgclock/MainActivity.java
@@ -95,23 +95,29 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
         if (hasFocus) hideSystemBars();
     }
 
-    /** The page calls requestFullscreen(), which a WebView ignores. This is that. */
+    /**
+     * The page calls requestFullscreen(), which a WebView ignores. This is that.
+     *
+     * Only the status bar goes. The navigation bar stays: it is how you leave the
+     * app, and leaving it visible makes that obvious rather than a remembered
+     * swipe. statusBars() rather than systemBars() — the latter is the union of
+     * the two.
+     */
     private void hideSystemBars() {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
             WindowInsetsController c = getWindow().getInsetsController();
             if (c != null) {
-                c.hide(WindowInsets.Type.systemBars());
+                c.hide(WindowInsets.Type.statusBars());
                 c.setSystemBarsBehavior(
                         WindowInsetsController.BEHAVIOR_SHOW_TRANSIENT_BARS_BY_SWIPE);
             }
         } else {
+            // no IMMERSIVE_STICKY or HIDE_NAVIGATION here: immersive only governs
+            // a hidden navigation bar, and this one stays
             getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(
                     View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE
-                            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_HIDE_NAVIGATION
                             | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN
-                            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION
-                            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN
-                            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_IMMERSIVE_STICKY);
+                            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
         }
     }