diff --git a/src/app/transactions/page.tsx b/src/app/transactions/page.tsx
index b5c784b..cf1c2f1 100644
--- a/src/app/transactions/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/transactions/page.tsx
@@ -507,6 +507,13 @@ function TransactionsContent() {
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const initialStatementId = searchParams.get("statement_id") || "";
 
+  // `?q=` lands the view on a specific row. The Slack order nudge links here,
+  // and without it the link drops you at the top of an unfiltered ledger and
+  // the merchant has to be found by hand — which is how a nudge stops getting
+  // opened.
+  const initialQuery = searchParams.get("q") || "";
+  const initialParsed = parseQuery(initialQuery);
+
   const [filters, setFilters] = useState({
     from: "",
     to: "",
@@ -514,7 +521,7 @@ function TransactionsContent() {
     bank_names: [] as string[],
     tag_ids: [] as string[],
     transaction_types: [] as string[],
-    search: "",
+    search: initialParsed.text,
     statement_id: initialStatementId,
     sort_by: "transaction_date",
     sort_dir: "desc",
@@ -525,8 +532,8 @@ function TransactionsContent() {
     has_split: "" as string,
     trip_id: "" as string,
   });
-  const [queryInput, setQueryInput] = useState("");
-  const [queryTokens, setQueryTokens] = useState<QueryToken[]>([]);
+  const [queryInput, setQueryInput] = useState(initialQuery);
+  const [queryTokens, setQueryTokens] = useState<QueryToken[]>(initialParsed.tokens);
 
   function handleQueryChange(val: string) {
     setQueryInput(val);