diff --git a/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte b/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
index 1721360..35b82e8 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
@@ -349,11 +349,17 @@
     } else if (aim && !aim.self) {
       const ax = aim.x + 0.5, ay = aim.y + 0.5;
       const wantFacing = Math.atan2(ay - ty, ax - tx);
-      // Your own magic turns your head — but never wrenches it: a deed
-      // you aimed BEHIND you via the keymap stays behind you. Things
-      // done TO you may still spin the world.
-      if (actor === povId && Math.abs(shortestArc(camF, wantFacing)) > Math.PI * 0.55) {
-        // deliberately unaimed
+      const arc = Math.abs(shortestArc(camF, wantFacing));
+      if (actor === povId) {
+        // Your own magic turns your head — but never wrenches it and
+        // NEVER cuts away: casting a door onto the wall you face must
+        // not fling the eyes to some other vantage. A gentle turn when
+        // the deed is off to the side; nothing when it is behind you
+        // or already in frame.
+        if (arc <= Math.PI * 0.55) {
+          targetFacing = wantFacing;
+          aimed = true;
+        }
       } else {
         const toAim = Math.hypot(ax - tx, ay - ty);
         const sight = castRay(v, tx, ty, wantFacing);