diff --git a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/EditorWindow.swift b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/EditorWindow.swift
index 922c7d9..43849df 100644
--- a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/EditorWindow.swift
+++ b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/EditorWindow.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ final class EditorWindow {
     }
 }
 
+/// Hosts the app Settings in a standalone resizable window. Far roomier than the
+/// old in-popover NavigationLink, which cramped the form into the 320pt menu-bar
+/// panel and hid most controls below a non-obvious scroll.
+@MainActor
+final class SettingsWindow {
+    static let shared = SettingsWindow()
+    private var window: NSWindow?
+
+    func show(settings: AppSettings) {
+        if let window {
+            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+            window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+            return
+        }
+        let w = NSWindow(
+            contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 520, height: 660),
+            styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .resizable, .miniaturizable],
+            backing: .buffered, defer: false)
+        w.title = "Settings"
+        w.isReleasedWhenClosed = false
+        w.center()
+        w.contentViewController = NSHostingController(
+            rootView: SettingsView().environmentObject(settings))
+        window = w
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        w.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Hosts the recap-templates manager in its own resizable window.
 @MainActor
 final class TemplatesWindow {
diff --git a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/MenuBarView.swift b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/MenuBarView.swift
index f17d613..fa25c47 100644
--- a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/MenuBarView.swift
+++ b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/MenuBarView.swift
@@ -10,21 +10,19 @@ struct MenuBarView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject private var session: SessionController
 
     var body: some View {
-        NavigationStack {
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
-                header
-                Divider()
-                recordingSection
-                Divider()
-                permissionsSection
-                Divider()
-                backendSection
-                Divider()
-                footer
-            }
-            .padding(14)
-            .frame(width: 320)
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
+            header
+            Divider()
+            recordingSection
+            Divider()
+            permissionsSection
+            Divider()
+            backendSection
+            Divider()
+            footer
         }
+        .padding(14)
+        .frame(width: 320)
         .onAppear { permissions.refresh() }
         .task { await refreshHealth() }
     }
@@ -227,9 +225,7 @@ struct MenuBarView: View {
 
     private var footer: some View {
         HStack {
-            NavigationLink("Settings…") {
-                SettingsView()
-            }
+            Button("Settings…") { SettingsWindow.shared.show(settings: settings) }
             Spacer()
             Button("Quit") { NSApplication.shared.terminate(nil) }
         }
diff --git a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/SettingsView.swift b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/SettingsView.swift
index febebe8..6d17b48 100644
--- a/Ten31Transcripts/UI/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/Ten31Transcripts/UI/SettingsView.swift
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
             }
         }
         .formStyle(.grouped)
-        .frame(width: 320)
+        .frame(minWidth: 460, idealWidth: 520, maxWidth: .infinity,
+               minHeight: 520, idealHeight: 660, maxHeight: .infinity)
         .navigationTitle("Settings")
     }