diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 625c2e6..f343dc4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 PROJECT_NAME=jama
 
 # Image version to run (set by build.sh, or use 'latest')
-JAMA_VERSION=0.9.74
+JAMA_VERSION=0.9.75
 
 # App port — the host port Docker maps to the container
 PORT=3000
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index d70c77e..0be8e60 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jama-backend",
-  "version": "0.9.74",
+  "version": "0.9.75",
   "description": "TeamChat backend server",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 58ea8ba..765e6f5 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 set -euo pipefail
 
-VERSION="${1:-0.9.74}"
+VERSION="${1:-0.9.75}"
 ACTION="${2:-}"
 REGISTRY="${REGISTRY:-}"
 IMAGE_NAME="jama"
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index cfd85ec..f156ef4 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jama-frontend",
-  "version": "0.9.74",
+  "version": "0.9.75",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SchedulePage.jsx b/frontend/src/components/SchedulePage.jsx
index 49aa7ba..6a21e80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SchedulePage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SchedulePage.jsx
@@ -1143,16 +1143,21 @@ export default function SchedulePage({ isToolManager, isMobile, onProfile, onHel
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
+
+        {/* Mobile bottom bar — inside column wrapper so it sits at the bottom */}
+        {isMobile && (
+          <div style={{ background:'var(--surface)', borderTop:'1px solid var(--border)', flexShrink:0 }}>
+            <UserFooter onProfile={onProfile} onHelp={onHelp} onAbout={onAbout} />
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Mobile Group Manager */}
+      {/* Fixed overlays — position:fixed so they escape layout, can live anywhere in tree */}
       {isMobile && mobilePanel === 'groupManager' && (
         <div style={{ position:'fixed',inset:0,zIndex:50,background:'var(--background)' }}>
           <MobileGroupManager onClose={() => setMobilePanel(null)}/>
         </div>
       )}
-
-      {/* Mobile Event Form — full screen overlay, hides toolbar/date picker */}
       {panel === 'eventForm' && isToolManager && isMobile && (
         <div style={{ position:'fixed', top:0, left:0, right:0, bottom:0, zIndex:40, background:'var(--background)', display:'flex', flexDirection:'column' }}>
           <MobileEventForm
@@ -1168,14 +1173,6 @@ export default function SchedulePage({ isToolManager, isMobile, onProfile, onHel
         </div>
       )}
 
-
-      {/* Mobile bottom bar — matches Messages exactly: just the UserFooter */}
-      {isMobile && (
-        <div style={{ background:'var(--surface)', borderTop:'1px solid var(--border)', flexShrink:0 }}>
-          <UserFooter onProfile={onProfile} onHelp={onHelp} onAbout={onAbout} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-
       {/* Mobile FAB — floating create button, same style as Messages newchat-fab */}
       {isMobile && isToolManager && panel === 'calendar' && (
         <div style={{ position:'fixed', bottom:84, right:16, zIndex:30 }} ref={createRef}>