diff --git a/src/agents/store/object-model.c b/src/agents/store/object-model.c
index 18de663..5aaa8a1 100644
--- a/src/agents/store/object-model.c
+++ b/src/agents/store/object-model.c
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ StoreObjectIterConversationMails(StoreClient *client, StoreObject *conversation,
 	
 	// no error checking here.. bad... :)
 	QueryBuilderStart(&builder);
+	QueryBuilderSetOutputMode(&builder, MODE_LIST);
 	
 	QueryBuilderSetQuerySafe(&builder, query);
 	
diff --git a/src/www/bongo_web/filters.py b/src/www/bongo_web/filters.py
index 23917c5..f368033 100644
--- a/src/www/bongo_web/filters.py
+++ b/src/www/bongo_web/filters.py
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ def compile_filter(value, rule_id, group_resolver=lambda _name: ()):
 
 def _native_rules():
     try:
+        # The lightweight rules binding uses ConnIO and NMAP directly.  Load
+        # the main native module first so those process-wide libraries are
+        # initialised exactly once before a request thread opens a connection.
+        import libbongo.libs  # noqa: F401
         from libbongo import _rules
     except ImportError as error:
         raise RuntimeError("the native Bongo rules store is unavailable") from error
diff --git a/src/www/static/app.css b/src/www/static/app.css
index f23f4e1..a8442fe 100644
--- a/src/www/static/app.css
+++ b/src/www/static/app.css
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 :root { font: 14px/1.45 "Lucida Grande", Verdana, "Bitstream Vera Sans", sans-serif; color: #111; background: #e4eaf4; }
 * { box-sizing: border-box; }
-html, body { margin: 0; min-height: 100%; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; }
-body { background: #e7e4ef url('/assets/bg-page.png') repeat-x 0 0; }
+html { margin: 0; min-height: 100%; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; }
+body { margin: 0; min-height: 100%; overflow: visible; background: #e7e4ef url('/assets/bg-page.png') repeat-x 0 0; }
 button, input, select { font: inherit; }
 button { cursor: pointer; }
 [hidden] { display: none !important; }