diff --git a/backend/src/api/routers/stories.py b/backend/src/api/routers/stories.py
index dde49ac..7370294 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/routers/stories.py
+++ b/backend/src/api/routers/stories.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from dishka.integrations.fastapi import DishkaRoute, FromDishka
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Query
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 
-from utils.files import content_disposition, story_file_name
+from utils.files import content_disposition, sniff_media_kind, story_file_name
 from utils.read import peers
 from utils.read.models import DEFAULT_LIMIT, Page, StoryView
 from utils.storage import ContentAddressedStorage
@@ -17,17 +17,34 @@ AccountId = Annotated[int, Query()]
 _STORY_MIME = {"photo": "image/jpeg", "video": "video/mp4"}
 
 
+async def _with_kind(
+    pool: asyncpg.Pool,
+    storage: ContentAddressedStorage,
+    account_id: int,
+    story: StoryView,
+) -> StoryView:
+    if story.media_kind or not story.storage_key:
+        return story
+    if not storage.exists(story.storage_key):
+        return story
+    kind = sniff_media_kind(storage.head(story.storage_key))
+    await peers.set_story_kind(pool, account_id, story.peer_id, story.story_id, kind)
+    return story.model_copy(update={"media_kind": kind})
+
+
 @router.get("/stories")
 async def list_stories(
     pool: FromDishka[asyncpg.Pool],
+    storage: FromDishka[ContentAddressedStorage],
     account_id: AccountId,
     peer_id: Annotated[int | None, Query()] = None,
     limit: Annotated[int, Query()] = DEFAULT_LIMIT,
     offset: Annotated[int, Query()] = 0,
 ) -> list[StoryView]:
-    return await peers.get_stories(
+    stories = await peers.get_stories(
         pool, account_id, Page(limit=limit, offset=offset), peer_id=peer_id
     )
+    return [await _with_kind(pool, storage, account_id, story) for story in stories]
 
 
 @router.get("/stories/{peer_id}/{story_id}/media")
diff --git a/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/repository.py b/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/repository.py
index 06a72de..2dcbf9a 100644
--- a/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/repository.py
+++ b/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/repository.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ _UPSERT_STORY = """
 INSERT INTO stories
     (account_id, peer_id, story_id, date, expire_date, caption, media_kind,
      storage_key, file_size, downloaded, views, pinned, deleted, raw, observed_at)
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14::jsonb, now())
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, false, $13::jsonb, now())
 ON CONFLICT (account_id, peer_id, story_id) DO UPDATE SET
     date = EXCLUDED.date,
     expire_date = EXCLUDED.expire_date,
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@ ON CONFLICT (account_id, peer_id, story_id) DO UPDATE SET
     downloaded = stories.downloaded OR EXCLUDED.downloaded,
     views = EXCLUDED.views,
     pinned = EXCLUDED.pinned,
-    deleted = EXCLUDED.deleted,
+    deleted = false,
     raw = EXCLUDED.raw
 """
 
+_MARK_DELETED = """
+INSERT INTO stories
+    (account_id, peer_id, story_id, downloaded, pinned, deleted, raw, observed_at)
+VALUES ($1, $2, $3, false, false, true, '{}'::jsonb, now())
+ON CONFLICT (account_id, peer_id, story_id) DO UPDATE SET deleted = true
+"""
+
 
 async def is_downloaded(
     pool: asyncpg.Pool, account_id: int, peer_id: int, story_id: int
@@ -51,7 +58,6 @@ async def upsert_story(  # noqa: PLR0913
     raw: str,
     *,
     pinned: bool,
-    deleted: bool,
     downloaded: bool,
 ) -> None:
     await pool.execute(
@@ -68,6 +74,11 @@ async def upsert_story(  # noqa: PLR0913
         downloaded,
         views,
         pinned,
-        deleted,
         raw,
     )
+
+
+async def mark_deleted(
+    pool: asyncpg.Pool, account_id: int, peer_id: int, story_id: int
+) -> None:
+    await pool.execute(_MARK_DELETED, account_id, peer_id, story_id)
diff --git a/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/service.py b/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/service.py
index 6954d37..dbcfcea 100644
--- a/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/service.py
+++ b/backend/src/userbot/modules/stories/service.py
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ def story_peer_id(story: Story) -> int:
 
 async def save_story(client: Client, capture: CaptureContext, story: Story) -> None:
     peer_id = story_peer_id(story)
+    if story.deleted:
+        await repository.mark_deleted(
+            capture.pool, capture.account_id, peer_id, story.id
+        )
+        return
     storage_key: str | None = None
     file_size: int | None = None
     downloaded = False
     stored = await repository.is_downloaded(
         capture.pool, capture.account_id, peer_id, story.id
     )
-    if not (stored or story.deleted or story.media is None):
+    if not (stored or story.media is None):
         data = await download_bytes(client, story)
         if data is not None:
             storage_key = capture.storage.put(data)
@@ -43,6 +48,5 @@ async def save_story(client: Client, capture: CaptureContext, story: Story) -> N
         story.views,
         raw_json(story.raw),
         pinned=bool(story.pinned),
-        deleted=bool(story.deleted),
         downloaded=downloaded,
     )
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/files.py b/backend/src/utils/files.py
index 48664be..fd62ee9 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/files.py
+++ b/backend/src/utils/files.py
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ def story_file_name(peer_id: int, story_id: int, media_kind: str | None) -> str:
     return f"story_{peer_id}_{story_id}{extension_for(media_kind or 'photo', None)}"
 
 
+def sniff_media_kind(head: bytes) -> str:
+    is_video = head[4:8] == b"ftyp" or head.startswith(b"\x1aE\xdf\xa3")
+    return "video" if is_video else "photo"
+
+
 def resolve_mime(
     kind: str | None, mime: str | None, file_name: str | None = None
 ) -> str:
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/read/peers.py b/backend/src/utils/read/peers.py
index 65b36a8..fe16418 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/read/peers.py
+++ b/backend/src/utils/read/peers.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async def get_stories(
         "SELECT peer_id, story_id, date, expire_date, caption, media_kind, "  # noqa: S608
         "storage_key, downloaded, views, pinned, deleted FROM stories "
         f"WHERE {where} "
-        f"ORDER BY date DESC NULLS LAST LIMIT ${len(params) - 1} "
+        f"ORDER BY date DESC NULLS LAST, story_id DESC LIMIT ${len(params) - 1} "
         f"OFFSET ${len(params)}",
         *params,
     )
@@ -95,3 +95,16 @@ async def get_story(
         story_id,
     )
     return StoryView(**dict(row)) if row else None
+
+
+async def set_story_kind(
+    pool: asyncpg.Pool, account_id: int, peer_id: int, story_id: int, kind: str
+) -> None:
+    await pool.execute(
+        "UPDATE stories SET media_kind = $4 "
+        "WHERE account_id = $1 AND peer_id = $2 AND story_id = $3",
+        account_id,
+        peer_id,
+        story_id,
+        kind,
+    )
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/storage.py b/backend/src/utils/storage.py
index 9456e8c..8e5d650 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/storage.py
+++ b/backend/src/utils/storage.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class ContentAddressedStorage:
     def get(self, key: str) -> bytes:
         return self._path(key).read_bytes()
 
+    def head(self, key: str, size: int = 16) -> bytes:
+        with self._path(key).open("rb") as file:
+            return file.read(size)
+
     def exists(self, key: str) -> bool:
         return self._path(key).exists()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/styles/global.scss b/frontend/src/lib/styles/global.scss
index 11009a9..13bdf0e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/styles/global.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/styles/global.scss
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ html.theme-transition * {
     -webkit-user-select: none;
     user-select: none;
   }
+
+  input,
+  textarea,
+  select {
+    font-size: max(1em, 1rem) !important;
+  }
 }
 
 .bg-menu-content {