diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index a5be2c2d78..93d3b0601e 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -865,77 +865,115 @@ body {
 	padding-bottom: 2rem; /* space for the bottom toolbar */
 }
 
-/* High Contrast Mode: placeholders bottom out at 1.58:1 (WCAG 1.4.3 wants 4.5:1). */
+/* Accessibility Mode: placeholders bottom out at 1.58:1 (WCAG 1.4.3 wants 4.5:1). */
 @layer utilities {
 	html.high-contrast:not(.dark) :is(input, textarea)::placeholder {
-		color: var(--color-gray-600);
+		color: var(--color-gray-700);
 	}
 
 	html.high-contrast.dark :is(input, textarea)::placeholder {
-		color: var(--color-gray-500);
+		color: var(--color-gray-300);
 	}
 }
 
-/* High Contrast Mode: muted text fails WCAG 1.4.3 (2.07:1 light, 3.12:1 dark).
+/* Accessibility Mode: muted text fails WCAG 1.4.3 (2.07:1 light, 3.12:1 dark).
    :where() keeps these at low specificity so hover variants still win. */
 @layer utilities {
 	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) .text-gray-400 {
-		color: var(--color-gray-600);
+		color: var(--color-gray-700);
 	}
 
-	html:where(.high-contrast).dark .dark\:text-gray-600 {
-		color: var(--color-gray-400);
+	html:where(.high-contrast).dark :is(.dark\:text-gray-400, .dark\:text-gray-500, .dark\:text-gray-600) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-300);
+	}
+
+	html:where(.high-contrast).dark
+		:is(
+			.dark\:hover\:text-gray-100:hover,
+			.dark\:hover\:text-gray-200:hover,
+			.dark\:hover\:text-gray-300:hover,
+			.dark\:hover\:text-gray-400:hover
+		) {
+		color: #fff;
 	}
 
 	/* Elements that hover to a lighter grey than the new resting colour. */
-	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) .hover\:text-gray-500:hover {
-		color: var(--color-gray-800);
+	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark))
+		:is(
+			.hover\:text-gray-500:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-600:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-700:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-800:hover
+		) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-900);
 	}
 }
 
-/* High Contrast Mode: gray-500 muted text is 2.77:1 in light (WCAG 1.4.3 wants 4.5:1).
+/* Accessibility Mode: gray-500 muted text is 2.77:1 in light (WCAG 1.4.3 wants 4.5:1).
    The utility stays in the layer so hover variants still outrank it; the classes below
    are unlayered, so their override has to be too. */
 @layer utilities {
-	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) .text-gray-500 {
-		color: var(--color-gray-600);
+	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) :is(.text-gray-500, .text-gray-600) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-700);
 	}
 }
 
 html.high-contrast:not(.dark) :is(.app-muted, .app-icon-muted, .tiptap table) {
-	color: var(--color-gray-600);
+	color: var(--color-gray-700);
 }
 
-/* High Contrast Mode: the lightest muted pair, 1.58:1 in light and 2.14:1 in dark.
+html.high-contrast.dark :is(.app-muted, .app-icon-muted, .tiptap table) {
+	color: var(--color-gray-300);
+}
+
+/* Accessibility Mode: the lightest muted pair, 1.58:1 in light and 2.14:1 in dark.
    text-gray-400/70 is an icon colour, so 1.4.11 governs it, and 2.07:1 misses that too. */
 @layer utilities {
 	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) :is(.text-gray-300, .text-gray-400\/70) {
-		color: var(--color-gray-600);
+		color: var(--color-gray-700);
 	}
 
-	html:where(.high-contrast).dark .dark\:text-gray-700 {
-		color: var(--color-gray-400);
+	html:where(.high-contrast).dark :is(.dark\:text-gray-700, .dark\:text-gray-800) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-300);
 	}
 
 	/* Hover states that land lighter than the new resting colour. */
-	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) .hover\:text-gray-500:hover {
-		color: var(--color-gray-800);
+	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark))
+		:is(
+			.hover\:text-gray-500:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-600:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-700:hover,
+			.hover\:text-gray-800:hover
+		) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-900);
 	}
 
-	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark)) .group:hover .group-hover\:text-gray-500 {
-		color: var(--color-gray-800);
+	html:where(.high-contrast):not(:where(.dark))
+		.group:hover
+		:is(.group-hover\:text-gray-500, .group-hover\:text-gray-600, .group-hover\:text-gray-700) {
+		color: var(--color-gray-900);
+	}
+
+	html:where(.high-contrast).dark
+		.group:hover
+		:is(
+			.dark\:group-hover\:text-gray-200,
+			.dark\:group-hover\:text-gray-300,
+			.dark\:group-hover\:text-gray-400
+		) {
+		color: #fff;
 	}
 }
 
 /* Autocompletion ghost text is 2.65:1 in light; the dark canvas already passes. */
 html.high-contrast:not(.dark) .ai-autocompletion::after {
-	color: var(--color-gray-600);
+	color: var(--color-gray-700);
 }
 
 /* The shimmer gradient is 2.10:1 in light, and clipping it to the text leaves no
    solid colour to raise; render it as flat text instead. */
 html.high-contrast:not(.dark) .shimmer {
 	background: none;
-	color: var(--color-gray-700);
-	-webkit-text-fill-color: var(--color-gray-700);
+	color: var(--color-gray-800);
+	-webkit-text-fill-color: var(--color-gray-800);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
index c32ef11c77..3f1360a622 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/SettingsModal.svelte
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@
 				'full width mode',
 				'haptic feedback',
 				'hapticfeedback',
+				'accessibility mode',
+				'accessibilitymode',
 				'high contrast mode',
 				'highcontrastmode',
 				'iframe sandbox allow forms',
diff --git a/src/lib/components/common/InterfaceSettings.svelte b/src/lib/components/common/InterfaceSettings.svelte
index 2bbaee1cd2..51cef5ee3b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/common/InterfaceSettings.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/common/InterfaceSettings.svelte
@@ -490,13 +490,13 @@
 
 	<div>
 		<div class={settingRowClass}>
-			<div id="high-contrast-mode-label" class={settingLabelClass}>
-				{$i18n.t('High Contrast Mode')}
+			<div id="accessibility-mode-label" class={settingLabelClass}>
+				{$i18n.t('Accessibility Mode')}
 			</div>
 
 			<div class={settingControlClass}>
 				<Switch
-					ariaLabelledbyId="high-contrast-mode-label"
+					ariaLabelledbyId="accessibility-mode-label"
 					tooltip={true}
 					bind:state={highContrastMode}
 					inherited={isDefaultSetting('highContrastMode')}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/workspace/Knowledge.svelte b/src/lib/components/workspace/Knowledge.svelte
index 2b9400d93a..479efc699a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/workspace/Knowledge.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/workspace/Knowledge.svelte
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@
 		viewOption = localStorage?.workspaceViewOption || '';
 		sourceOption = localStorage?.workspaceKnowledgeSourceOption || '';
 		loaded = true;
+		await tick();
+
+		if (items === null && !itemsLoading) {
+			await init();
+		}
 
 		if (showCreateOnMount) {
 			showCreateModal = true;