diff --git a/ui-poc/Home.py b/ui-poc/Home.py
index af021a05..30118ec2 100644
--- a/ui-poc/Home.py
+++ b/ui-poc/Home.py
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-import json
-from datetime import datetime
-
+from streamlit_cookies_manager import EncryptedCookieManager
 import requests
+from datetime import datetime
+import json
 import streamlit as st
-from streamlit_cookies_manager import EncryptedCookieManager
+
+# Configure the page – must come immediately after importing Streamlit
+st.set_page_config(
+    page_title="Splitwiser",
+    page_icon="💰",
+    layout="wide",
+    initial_sidebar_state="expanded",
+)
+
+
+# 3rd-party / std-lib imports – safe after the call above
 
 # Configure the page
 st.set_page_config(
@@ -12,6 +22,11 @@
     layout="wide",
     initial_sidebar_state="expanded",
 )
+# NOTE:
+# set_page_config() must be the very first Streamlit command,
+# placed right after `import streamlit as st` and before any
+# other `st.` calls (even indirectly via imports).
+
 
 # Initialize session state variables
 if "access_token" not in st.session_state: