diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index b05dbeb..b8994c3 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "aurum-frontend",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.17.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/RecentTransactionsCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/RecentTransactionsCard.tsx
index daf2a86..f2ffc43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboard/RecentTransactionsCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboard/RecentTransactionsCard.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ export function RecentTransactionsCard({ year, month }: RecentTransactionsCardPr
     <Card>
       <CardHeader>
         <CardTitle>{t("dashboard.recentTransactionsTitle")}</CardTitle>
-        <Link to="/transactions" className="text-xs font-medium text-series-1 hover:underline">
+        <Link
+          to={`/transactions?year=${year}&month=${month}`}
+          className="text-xs font-medium text-series-1 hover:underline"
+        >
           {t("dashboard.allTransactionsLink")}
         </Link>
       </CardHeader>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/NetWorthPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/NetWorthPage.tsx
index 50103fa..04f8825 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/NetWorthPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/NetWorthPage.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ import type { Asset, NetWorthRange } from "@/types";
 
 export function NetWorthPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [range, setRange] = useState<NetWorthRange>("30d");
+  // Defaults to 5 years: a short window can show a dip whenever spending
+  // briefly outpaces recorded income, which reads as decline even though
+  // the long-run trend is up — 5y is long enough to make that trend visible.
+  const [range, setRange] = useState<NetWorthRange>("5y");
   const { data: summary, isLoading: isSummaryLoading } = useNetWorthSummary(range);
   const { data: assets, isLoading: isAssetsLoading } = useAssets();
   const deleteAsset = useDeleteAsset();
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/TransactionsPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/TransactionsPage.tsx
index 552dabe..d104da0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/TransactionsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/TransactionsPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
+import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Plus } from "lucide-react";
 import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/Card";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
@@ -16,11 +17,27 @@ import type { Transaction, TransactionType } from "@/types";
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 20;
 
+/** Clamp a query-param month to 1-12, falling back to `fallback` for
+ * anything missing or out of range (e.g. a hand-edited URL). */
+function parseMonthParam(value: string | null, fallback: number): number {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isInteger(parsed) ? Math.min(12, Math.max(1, parsed)) : fallback;
+}
+
+function parseYearParam(value: string | null, fallback: number): number {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  return Number.isInteger(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? parsed : fallback;
+}
+
 export function TransactionsPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const now = new Date();
-  const [year, setYear] = useState(now.getFullYear());
-  const [month, setMonth] = useState(now.getMonth() + 1);
+  // Deep-linked from the Dashboard's "All transactions" link, which carries
+  // the month/year the user was already looking at (?year=&month=) so this
+  // page doesn't reset back to the current month.
+  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
+  const [year, setYear] = useState(() => parseYearParam(searchParams.get("year"), now.getFullYear()));
+  const [month, setMonth] = useState(() => parseMonthParam(searchParams.get("month"), now.getMonth() + 1));
   const [type, setType] = useState<TransactionType | "">("");
   const [categoryId, setCategoryId] = useState<string>("");
   const [sort, setSort] = useState<TransactionSort>("date_desc");