diff --git a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepFinished.tsx b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepFinished.tsx
index 6ea170f980..b845e58924 100644
--- a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepFinished.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepFinished.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ export function StepFinished() {
         })(),
         requestNotificationsPermission('AfterOnboarding'),
       ])
+
+      if (usedStarterPack) {
+        setUsedStarterPack({
+          ...usedStarterPack,
+          initialFeed: starterPack?.feeds?.[0].uri ?? undefined,
+        })
+      }
     } catch (e: any) {
       logger.info(`onboarding: bulk save failed`)
       logger.error(e)
@@ -152,7 +159,6 @@ export function StepFinished() {
     })
 
     setSaving(false)
-    setUsedStarterPack(undefined)
     dispatch({type: 'finish'})
     onboardDispatch({type: 'finish'})
     track('OnboardingV2:StepFinished:End')
diff --git a/src/state/persisted/schema.ts b/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
index 78e90760a9..e32a9979e4 100644
--- a/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
+++ b/src/state/persisted/schema.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export const schema = z.object({
     .object({
       uri: z.string(),
       cid: z.string(),
+      initialFeed: z.string().optional(),
     })
     .optional(),
 })
diff --git a/src/state/preferences/starter-pack.tsx b/src/state/preferences/starter-pack.tsx
index be1832fe42..33fa190869 100644
--- a/src/state/preferences/starter-pack.tsx
+++ b/src/state/preferences/starter-pack.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 
 import * as persisted from '#/state/persisted'
 
-type StateContext = {uri: string; cid: string} | undefined
+type StateContext = {uri: string; cid: string; initialFeed?: string} | undefined
 type SetContext = (v: StateContext) => void
 
 const stateContext = React.createContext<StateContext>(undefined)
diff --git a/src/view/screens/Home.tsx b/src/view/screens/Home.tsx
index 34d3abf266..41d8bfe98a 100644
--- a/src/view/screens/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/view/screens/Home.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import {
 import {useSelectedFeed, useSetSelectedFeed} from '#/state/shell/selected-feed'
 import {useOTAUpdates} from 'lib/hooks/useOTAUpdates'
 import {HomeTabNavigatorParams, NativeStackScreenProps} from 'lib/routes/types'
+import {
+  useSetUsedStarterPack,
+  useUsedStarterPack,
+} from 'state/preferences/starter-pack'
 import {FeedPage} from 'view/com/feeds/FeedPage'
 import {Pager, PagerRef, RenderTabBarFnProps} from 'view/com/pager/Pager'
 import {CustomFeedEmptyState} from 'view/com/posts/CustomFeedEmptyState'
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ function HomeScreenReady({
   const maybeFoundIndex = allFeeds.indexOf(rawSelectedFeed)
   const selectedIndex = Math.max(0, maybeFoundIndex)
   const selectedFeed = allFeeds[selectedIndex]
+  const usedStarterPack = useUsedStarterPack()
+  const setUsedStarterPack = useSetUsedStarterPack()
 
   useSetTitle(pinnedFeedInfos[selectedIndex]?.displayName)
   useOTAUpdates()
@@ -74,14 +80,25 @@ function HomeScreenReady({
   const pagerRef = React.useRef<PagerRef>(null)
   const lastPagerReportedIndexRef = React.useRef(selectedIndex)
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    let initialIndex = selectedIndex
+    if (usedStarterPack) {
+      initialIndex = allFeeds.findIndex(
+        f => f === `feedgen|${usedStarterPack.initialFeed}`,
+      )
+      setUsedStarterPack(undefined)
+    }
+
     // Since the pager is not a controlled component, adjust it imperatively
     // if the selected index gets out of sync with what it last reported.
     // This is supposed to only happen on the web when you use the right nav.
-    if (selectedIndex !== lastPagerReportedIndexRef.current) {
+    if (initialIndex !== selectedIndex) {
+      lastPagerReportedIndexRef.current = initialIndex
+      pagerRef.current?.setPage(initialIndex, 'desktop-sidebar-click')
+    } else if (selectedIndex !== lastPagerReportedIndexRef.current) {
       lastPagerReportedIndexRef.current = selectedIndex
       pagerRef.current?.setPage(selectedIndex, 'desktop-sidebar-click')
     }
-  }, [selectedIndex])
+  }, [selectedIndex, usedStarterPack, setUsedStarterPack, allFeeds])
 
   const {hasSession} = useSession()
   const setMinimalShellMode = useSetMinimalShellMode()