diff --git a/app/src/navigation/deeplinks.ts b/app/src/navigation/deeplinks.ts
index 72ee1db3f..dc1cac680 100644
--- a/app/src/navigation/deeplinks.ts
+++ b/app/src/navigation/deeplinks.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ export const handleUrl = (selfClient: SelfClient, uri: string) => {
       selfClient.getSelfAppState().setSelfApp(selfAppJson);
       selfClient.getSelfAppState().startAppListener(selfAppJson.sessionId);
 
-      navigationRef.navigate('Prove' as never);
+      navigationRef.reset(
+        createDeeplinkNavigationState('Prove', correctParentScreen),
+      );
 
       return;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -140,7 +142,9 @@ export const handleUrl = (selfClient: SelfClient, uri: string) => {
     selfClient.getSelfAppState().cleanSelfApp();
     selfClient.getSelfAppState().startAppListener(sessionId);
 
-    navigationRef.navigate('Prove' as never);
+    navigationRef.reset(
+      createDeeplinkNavigationState('Prove', correctParentScreen),
+    );
   } else if (mock_passport) {
     try {
       const data = JSON.parse(mock_passport);
diff --git a/app/src/navigation/verification.ts b/app/src/navigation/verification.ts
index 87209a5e0..24492bdfc 100644
--- a/app/src/navigation/verification.ts
+++ b/app/src/navigation/verification.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const verificationScreens = {
     options: {
       headerShown: false,
       animation: 'slide_from_bottom',
+      gestureEnabled: false,
     } as NativeStackNavigationOptions,
   },
   Prove: {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const verificationScreens = {
       headerTitleStyle: {
         color: white,
       },
+      gestureEnabled: false,
     } as NativeStackNavigationOptions,
   },
   QRCodeTrouble: {
diff --git a/app/tests/src/navigation/deeplinks.test.ts b/app/tests/src/navigation/deeplinks.test.ts
index b22526d08..1c97a10b3 100644
--- a/app/tests/src/navigation/deeplinks.test.ts
+++ b/app/tests/src/navigation/deeplinks.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ describe('deeplinks', () => {
       expect(mockStartAppListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('abc');
 
       const { navigationRef } = require('@/navigation');
-      expect(navigationRef.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Prove');
+      expect(navigationRef.reset).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        index: 1,
+        routes: [{ name: 'Home' }, { name: 'Prove' }],
+      });
     });
 
     it('handles sessionId parameter', () => {
@@ -113,7 +116,10 @@ describe('deeplinks', () => {
       expect(mockStartAppListener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('123');
 
       const { navigationRef } = require('@/navigation');
-      expect(navigationRef.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Prove');
+      expect(navigationRef.reset).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        index: 1,
+        routes: [{ name: 'Home' }, { name: 'Prove' }],
+      });
     });
 
     it('handles mock_passport parameter', () => {