diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
index 075a09464..0ff39e4e4 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ struct FeedCardNavigationLink: View {
     let destination = LinkItemDetailView(viewModel: LinkItemDetailViewModel(item: item, homeFeedViewModel: viewModel))
     #if os(iOS)
       let modifiedDestination = destination
-        .navigationBarHidden(true)
         .navigationTitle("")
     #else
       let modifiedDestination = destination
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ struct GridCardNavigationLink: View {
     let destination = LinkItemDetailView(viewModel: LinkItemDetailViewModel(item: item, homeFeedViewModel: viewModel))
     #if os(iOS)
       let modifiedDestination = destination
-        .navigationBarHidden(true)
         .navigationTitle("")
     #else
       let modifiedDestination = destination
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
index 6d1098678..62bd31f04 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ private let enableGrid = UIDevice.isIPad || FeatureFlag.enableGridCardsOnPhone
           loadItems(isRefresh: true)
         }
         .searchable(
-          text: $viewModel.searchTerm,
-          placement: .navigationBarDrawer
+          text: $viewModel.searchTerm
         ) {
           if viewModel.searchTerm.isEmpty {
             Text("Inbox").searchCompletion("in:inbox ")
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeView.swift
index 1fbbe840b..b025250da 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeView.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct HomeView: View {
         NavigationView {
           HomeFeedContainerView(viewModel: viewModel)
         }
-        .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
+        .navigationViewStyle(.stack)
         .accentColor(.appGrayTextContrast)
       } else {
         HomeFeedContainerView(viewModel: viewModel)
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
index 6230a4cfb..1b5124b36 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
@@ -136,14 +136,27 @@ struct LinkItemDetailView: View {
     )
   }
 
+  // We always want this hidden but setting it to false initially
+  // fixes a bug where SwiftUI searchable will always show the nav bar
+  // if the search field is active when pushing.
+  @State var hideNavBar = false
+
   var body: some View {
     #if os(iOS)
       if viewModel.item.isPDF {
         fixedNavBarReader
-          .task { viewModel.trackReadEvent() }
+          .navigationBarHidden(hideNavBar)
+          .task {
+            hideNavBar = true
+            viewModel.trackReadEvent()
+          }
       } else {
         WebReaderContainerView(item: viewModel.item, homeFeedViewModel: viewModel.homeFeedViewModel)
-          .task { viewModel.trackReadEvent() }
+          .navigationBarHidden(hideNavBar)
+          .task {
+            hideNavBar = true
+            viewModel.trackReadEvent()
+          }
       }
     #else
       fixedNavBarReader