diff --git a/static/adwright.js b/static/adwright.js
index 1eed445..c0fb1c3 100644
--- a/static/adwright.js
+++ b/static/adwright.js
@@ -154,10 +154,17 @@
         _activateTab(id);
       });
     });
-    // Cross-panel link to BTE Command Center.
+    // Cross-panel link to BTE Command Center. Route through canonical
+    // switchPanel so main.svrnty-showing-bte class gets flipped (CSS gates
+    // overlay visibility on that class). SvrntyBTE.open is fallback for
+    // the early-boot edge case where the nav wrapper isn't installed yet.
     const bteBtn = panel.querySelector("#svrntyAwOpenBte");
     if (bteBtn) bteBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
-      if (window.SvrntyBTE && window.SvrntyBTE.open) window.SvrntyBTE.open();
+      if (typeof window.switchPanel === "function") {
+        window.switchPanel("bte", { fromRailClick: true });
+      } else if (window.SvrntyBTE && window.SvrntyBTE.open) {
+        window.SvrntyBTE.open();
+      }
     });
     // One-click profile switch to cmo-planb.
     const switchBtn = panel.querySelector("#svrntyAwSwitchCmo");