diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
index 3d2830439a..16eb27bd8b 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, {useEffect, useState} from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
 import {ActivityIndicator} from 'react-native'
 import Animated, {
+  clamp,
   Extrapolation,
   interpolate,
   runOnJS,
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import {useSafeAreaInsets} from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import {BlurView} from 'expo-blur'
 import {useIsFetching} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {isIOS} from '#/platform/detection'
+import {isIOS, isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {RQKEY_ROOT as STARTERPACK_RQKEY_ROOT} from '#/state/queries/actor-starter-packs'
 import {RQKEY_ROOT as FEED_RQKEY_ROOT} from '#/state/queries/post-feed'
 import {RQKEY_ROOT as FEEDGEN_RQKEY_ROOT} from '#/state/queries/profile-feedgens'
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ export function GrowableBanner({
 }) {
   const pagerContext = usePagerHeaderContext()
 
-  // plain non-growable mode for Android/Web
-  if (!pagerContext || !isIOS) {
+  // plain non-growable mode for Web
+  if (!pagerContext || isWeb) {
     return (
       <View style={[a.w_full, a.h_full]}>
         {children}
@@ -43,20 +44,28 @@ export function GrowableBanner({
     )
   }
 
-  const {scrollY} = pagerContext
+  const {scrollY, headerHeight, minimumHeaderHeight} = pagerContext
 
   return (
-    <GrowableBannerInner scrollY={scrollY} backButton={backButton}>
+    <GrowableBannerInner
+      scrollY={scrollY}
+      backButton={backButton}
+      headerHeight={headerHeight}
+      minimumHeaderHeight={minimumHeaderHeight}>
       {children}
     </GrowableBannerInner>
   )
 }
 
 function GrowableBannerInner({
+  headerHeight,
+  minimumHeaderHeight,
   scrollY,
   backButton,
   children,
 }: {
+  headerHeight: number
+  minimumHeaderHeight: number
   scrollY: SharedValue<number>
   backButton?: React.ReactNode
   children: React.ReactNode
@@ -68,20 +77,33 @@ function GrowableBannerInner({
   const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
     transform: [
       {
-        scale: interpolate(scrollY.get(), [-150, 0], [2, 1], {
-          extrapolateRight: Extrapolation.CLAMP,
-        }),
+        scale: interpolate(
+          scrollY.get(),
+          [-150, 0],
+          [2, 1],
+          Extrapolation.CLAMP,
+        ),
+      },
+      {
+        translateY: clamp(scrollY.get() - minimumHeaderHeight, 0, headerHeight),
       },
     ],
   }))
 
   const animatedBlurViewProps = useAnimatedProps(() => {
+    console.log(
+      'scrollY',
+      scrollY.get(),
+      'headerHeight',
+      headerHeight,
+      topInset,
+    )
     return {
       intensity: interpolate(
         scrollY.get(),
-        [-300, -65, -15],
-        [50, 40, 0],
-        Extrapolation.CLAMP,
+        [-300, -65, -15, minimumHeaderHeight - 10, minimumHeaderHeight],
+        [50, 40, 0, 0, 50],
+        {extrapolateLeft: Extrapolation.CLAMP},
       ),
     }
   })
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/index.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/index.tsx
index 69510c6c7d..8c225491f2 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/index.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ const MinimalHeader = React.memo(function MinimalHeader({
   profile: AppBskyActorDefs.ProfileViewDetailed
   hideBackButton?: boolean
 }) {
-  const t = useTheme()
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets()
   const ctx = usePagerHeaderContext()
   const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false)
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ const MinimalHeader = React.memo(function MinimalHeader({
       style={[
         a.absolute,
         a.z_50,
-        t.atoms.bg,
         {
           top: 0,
           left: 0,
diff --git a/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx b/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
index c979f7a6dd..283ac6ef5a 100644
--- a/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {isNative} from '#/platform/detection'
 export const PagerHeaderContext = React.createContext<{
   scrollY: SharedValue<number>
   headerHeight: number
+  minimumHeaderHeight: number
 } | null>(null)
 
 /**
@@ -17,15 +18,17 @@ export const PagerHeaderContext = React.createContext<{
 export function PagerHeaderProvider({
   scrollY,
   headerHeight,
+  minimumHeaderHeight,
   children,
 }: {
   scrollY: SharedValue<number>
   headerHeight: number
+  minimumHeaderHeight: number
   children: React.ReactNode
 }) {
   const value = React.useMemo(
-    () => ({scrollY, headerHeight}),
-    [scrollY, headerHeight],
+    () => ({scrollY, headerHeight, minimumHeaderHeight}),
+    [scrollY, headerHeight, minimumHeaderHeight],
   )
   return (
     <PagerHeaderContext.Provider value={value}>
diff --git a/src/view/com/pager/PagerWithHeader.tsx b/src/view/com/pager/PagerWithHeader.tsx
index dcf141f84d..49d7da60e0 100644
--- a/src/view/com/pager/PagerWithHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/pager/PagerWithHeader.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export const PagerWithHeader = React.forwardRef<PagerRef, PagerWithHeaderProps>(
     const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = React.useState(0)
     const [tabBarHeight, setTabBarHeight] = React.useState(0)
     const [headerOnlyHeight, setHeaderOnlyHeight] = React.useState(0)
+    const [minimumHeaderHeight, setMinimumHeaderHeight] = React.useState(0)
     const scrollY = useSharedValue(0)
     const headerHeight = headerOnlyHeight + tabBarHeight
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ export const PagerWithHeader = React.forwardRef<PagerRef, PagerWithHeaderProps>(
         return (
           <PagerHeaderProvider
             scrollY={scrollY}
-            headerHeight={headerOnlyHeight}>
+            headerHeight={headerOnlyHeight}
+            minimumHeaderHeight={minimumHeaderHeight}>
             <PagerTabBar
               headerOnlyHeight={headerOnlyHeight}
               items={items}
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ export const PagerWithHeader = React.forwardRef<PagerRef, PagerWithHeaderProps>(
               allowHeaderOverScroll={allowHeaderOverScroll}
               dragProgress={props.dragProgress}
               dragState={props.dragState}
+              minimumHeaderHeight={minimumHeaderHeight}
+              setMinimumHeaderHeight={setMinimumHeaderHeight}
             />
           </PagerHeaderProvider>
         )
@@ -121,6 +125,8 @@ export const PagerWithHeader = React.forwardRef<PagerRef, PagerWithHeaderProps>(
         scrollY,
         testID,
         allowHeaderOverScroll,
+        minimumHeaderHeight,
+        setMinimumHeaderHeight,
       ],
     )
 
@@ -236,6 +242,8 @@ let PagerTabBar = ({
   allowHeaderOverScroll,
   dragProgress,
   dragState,
+  minimumHeaderHeight,
+  setMinimumHeaderHeight,
 }: {
   currentPage: number
   headerOnlyHeight: number
@@ -255,8 +263,9 @@ let PagerTabBar = ({
   allowHeaderOverScroll?: boolean
   dragProgress: SharedValue<number>
   dragState: SharedValue<'idle' | 'dragging' | 'settling'>
+  minimumHeaderHeight: number
+  setMinimumHeaderHeight: (height: number) => void
 }): React.ReactNode => {
-  const [minimumHeaderHeight, setMinimumHeaderHeight] = React.useState(0)
   const headerTransform = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
     const translateY =
       Math.min(