diff --git a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
index 4a4130de6..de91075bf 100644
--- a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ import { zIndices } from '../styles/zIndex';
 
 const PIP_MIN_W = 200;
 const PIP_MIN_H = 112;
+/** Default PiP top: just below the 64px-ish room header. */
+const PIP_DEFAULT_TOP = 72;
 
 type Corner = 'se' | 'sw' | 'ne' | 'nw';
 
@@ -1064,8 +1066,11 @@ export function CallEmbedProvider({ children }: CallEmbedProviderProps) {
           el.style.left = `${Math.max(0, Math.min(savedPos.left, window.innerWidth - 280))}px`;
           el.style.top = `${Math.max(0, Math.min(savedPos.top, window.innerHeight - 158))}px`;
         } else {
-          el.style.left = `${window.innerWidth - 280 - 16}px`;
-          el.style.top = `${window.innerHeight - 158 - 72}px`;
+          // [Gitea #323] First use: top-right under the room header, over the
+          // timeline. Bottom-right sat on the composer (Send / Emoji, and on
+          // phones the whole message box), so typing landed on the call.
+          el.style.left = `${Math.max(0, window.innerWidth - 280 - 16)}px`;
+          el.style.top = `${PIP_DEFAULT_TOP}px`;
         }
         el.style.width = '280px';
         el.style.height = '158px';