diff --git a/src/player/public/css/player.css b/src/player/public/css/player.css
index 4fe8725..7daf5e4 100644
--- a/src/player/public/css/player.css
+++ b/src/player/public/css/player.css
@@ -395,18 +395,6 @@ body.screen-blackout #app {
   white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
 
-.template-region.text > *,
-.template-region.api > *,
-.template-region.rss > * {
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-.template-region.text > * + *,
-.template-region.api > * + *,
-.template-region.rss > * + * {
-  margin-top: 0.5em;
-}
-
 .template-region.text ul,
 .template-region.text ol,
 .template-region.api ul,
diff --git a/src/player/public/js/player-page-commands.js b/src/player/public/js/player-page-commands.js
index 6eae6b1..07c8899 100644
--- a/src/player/public/js/player-page-commands.js
+++ b/src/player/public/js/player-page-commands.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function scheduleSlideAdvance(delayMs) {
     applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
     const activeSlides = getCurrentActiveSlides();
     if (activeSlides.length < 2) {
-      refresh();
+      showCurrent();
       return;
     }
     if (index >= activeSlides.length) {
diff --git a/src/player/public/js/player-page-playback.js b/src/player/public/js/player-page-playback.js
index cd1753f..f689396 100644
--- a/src/player/public/js/player-page-playback.js
+++ b/src/player/public/js/player-page-playback.js
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ function showCurrent() {
   lastRenderedViewKey = getCurrentRenderKey(activeSlides);
 }
 
+function isSlideInList(slide, slideList) {
+  if (!slide || !Array.isArray(slideList)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return slideList.some(function (item) {
+    return item && Number(item.id) === Number(slide.id);
+  });
+}
+
 // Skip the current slide when an RTMP feed is unavailable and the playlist asks for it.
 function handleRtmpPlaybackFailure(message, options) {
   if (!currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp) {
@@ -165,6 +175,7 @@ function refresh() {
       const data = JSON.parse(request.responseText || '{}');
       const nextSignature = getPlaylistRevision(data);
       const nextSlides = Array.isArray(data.slides) ? data.slides.map(normalizeSlide) : [];
+      const nextActiveSlides = getActiveSlidesFrom(nextSlides);
       const nextFadeBetweenSlides = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.fade_between_slides);
       const nextSkipUnavailableRtmp = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.skip_unavailable_rtmp);
       savePlaylistSnapshot({
@@ -196,17 +207,22 @@ function refresh() {
         }
         return;
       }
-      syncWebpagePreloads(getActiveSlidesFrom(nextSlides), index);
+      syncWebpagePreloads(nextActiveSlides, index);
       if (typeof syncRtmpWarmups === 'function') {
-        syncRtmpWarmups(getActiveSlidesFrom(nextSlides), index);
+        syncRtmpWarmups(nextActiveSlides, index);
       }
-      if (currentActiveSlides.length < 2) {
+      if (nextActiveSlides.length < 2) {
         pendingPlaylistUpdate = {
           slides: nextSlides,
           signature: nextSignature,
           fadeBetweenSlides: nextFadeBetweenSlides,
           skipUnavailableRtmp: nextSkipUnavailableRtmp
         };
+        if (!isSlideInList(lastRenderedSlide, nextSlides)) {
+          applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
+          showCurrent();
+          return;
+        }
         logDebug('Playlist update detected; applying on next slide transition.');
         return;
       }
diff --git a/src/player/public/sw.js b/src/player/public/sw.js
index 459c841..95a7f5c 100644
--- a/src/player/public/sw.js
+++ b/src/player/public/sw.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async function networkFirst(request, cacheName, cacheKeyRequest) {
     if (cached) {
       return cached;
     }
-    throw _error;
+    return new Response('', { status: 504, statusText: 'Offline' });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/web/public/css/theme-custom.css b/src/web/public/css/theme-custom.css
index 5294ce8..4f3984e 100644
--- a/src/web/public/css/theme-custom.css
+++ b/src/web/public/css/theme-custom.css
@@ -1448,6 +1448,31 @@ html[data-bs-theme='dark'] .template-field-card .tox .tox-collection {
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
+.slide-preview-text-content {
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.slide-preview-text-content > * {
+  margin: 1em 0;
+}
+
+.slide-preview-text-content > *:first-child {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.slide-preview-text-content > *:last-child {
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+
+.slide-preview-text-content ul,
+.slide-preview-text-content ol {
+  padding-left: 1.2em;
+}
+
+.slide-preview-text-content code {
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+
 .slide-preview-image {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
index 9789a70..320da26 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     var fontSize = style && style.font_size ? 'font-size:' + Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(style.font_size))) + 'px;' : '';
     var width = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.width ? region.width : 0) || 1));
     var height = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.height ? region.height : 0) || 1));
-    var wrapperStyle = 'width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;overflow:hidden;' + fontFamily + fontSize + color;
+    var wrapperStyle = 'width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;overflow:hidden;line-height:1.5;' + fontFamily + fontSize + color;
     return '<div class="slide-preview-text-content" style="' + wrapperStyle + '">' + sanitizePreviewHtml(raw) + '</div>';
   }
 
diff --git a/src/web/routes/admin/playlists.js b/src/web/routes/admin/playlists.js
index a541dac..714e242 100644
--- a/src/web/routes/admin/playlists.js
+++ b/src/web/routes/admin/playlists.js
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ module.exports = function registerPlaylistRoutes(app, deps) {
       };
       await savePlaylistItems(connection, playlist, req.body, actorId, { updatePlaylist: false });
       await connection.commit();
-      redirectAfterSave(req, res, '/playlists?edit=' + result.insertId, {
+      redirectAfterSave(req, res, '/playlists/' + result.insertId + '/edit', {
         closeUrl: '/playlists',
         newUrl: '/playlists/new',
         message: 'Playlist created.'
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ module.exports = function registerPlaylistRoutes(app, deps) {
       await connection.commit();
       await notifyPlayerScreens(saveResult.affectedScreens, 'refresh');
       await broadcastDashboardState();
-      redirectAfterSave(req, res, '/playlists?edit=' + playlist.id, {
+      redirectAfterSave(req, res, '/playlists/' + playlist.id + '/edit', {
         closeUrl: '/playlists',
         newUrl: '/playlists/new',
         message: 'Playlist updated.'
diff --git a/src/web/views/signage/slides/popup-preview.hbs b/src/web/views/signage/slides/popup-preview.hbs
index 1f74835..eb8d501 100644
--- a/src/web/views/signage/slides/popup-preview.hbs
+++ b/src/web/views/signage/slides/popup-preview.hbs
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@
     box-sizing: border-box;
     display: block;
   }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content {
+    line-height: 1.5;
+  }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content > * {
+    margin: 1em 0;
+  }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content > *:first-child {
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content > *:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 1em;
+  }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content ul,
+  .slide-preview-text-content ol {
+    padding-left: 1.2em;
+  }
+
+  .slide-preview-text-content code {
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+  }
 </style>
 
 <div class="slide-preview-popup-stage" id="popup-preview-stage">
diff --git a/test/player-page-playback.test.js b/test/player-page-playback.test.js
index ac745b6..0c09fb0 100644
--- a/test/player-page-playback.test.js
+++ b/test/player-page-playback.test.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
     timer: null,
     slideExpiresAt: null,
     pausedRemainingMs: null,
+    app: null,
     currentPlaylistEtag: '',
     activeSlidesCacheKey: '',
     activeSlidesCacheValue: [],
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
     var timer = null;
     var slideExpiresAt = null;
     var pausedRemainingMs = null;
+    var app = null;
     var activeSlidesCacheKey = '';
     var activeSlidesCacheValue = [];
     var renderCacheViewportKey = '';
@@ -133,4 +135,273 @@ test('playlist refresh queues updates until the next slide transition', async ()
   assert.equal(sandbox.slides[0].disable_audio, undefined);
   assert.equal(calls.logDebug.some((entry) => entry.includes('Unable to load screen playlist.')), false);
   assert.equal(calls.logDebug.some((entry) => entry.includes('applying on next slide transition')), true);
+});
+
+test('single-slide playlists re-render the active slide instead of refreshing after a queued update', async () => {
+  const calls = {
+    showCurrent: 0,
+    refresh: 0
+  };
+  const timers = [];
+
+  const sandbox = {
+    window: null,
+    location: { origin: 'http://localhost', href: 'http://localhost/screen/test2' },
+    Date,
+    JSON,
+    Math,
+    Number,
+    String,
+    Boolean,
+    Array,
+    Object,
+    Promise,
+    setTimeout(fn) {
+      timers.push(fn);
+      return timers.length;
+    },
+    clearTimeout() {},
+    console,
+    currentPlaylistSignature: 'old-signature',
+    currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides: false,
+    currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp: false,
+    slug: 'test2',
+    pendingPlaylistUpdate: null,
+    slides: [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 }],
+    lastRenderedSlide: { id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 },
+    index: 0,
+    timer: null,
+    slideExpiresAt: null,
+    pausedRemainingMs: null,
+    currentPlaylistEtag: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheKey: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheValue: [],
+    renderCacheViewportKey: '',
+    slideMarkupCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateLayoutCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateRenderPlanCache: Object.create(null),
+    getCurrentActiveSlides() {
+      return sandbox.slides;
+    },
+    getPlaylistRevision(data) {
+      return data.signature;
+    },
+    normalizeSlide(slide) {
+      return slide;
+    },
+    getActiveSlidesFrom(slideList) {
+      return slideList;
+    },
+    savePlaylistSnapshot() {},
+    markRefreshHealthy() {},
+    setOfflineBannerVisible() {},
+    scheduleRefreshRetry() {},
+    syncWebpagePreloads() {},
+    syncRtmpWarmups() {},
+    clearActiveSlidesCache() {},
+    showCurrent() {},
+    sendCommandState() {},
+    refresh() {
+      calls.refresh += 1;
+    },
+    logDebug() {}
+  };
+  sandbox.window = sandbox;
+
+  class XhrStub {
+    open() {}
+
+    setRequestHeader() {}
+
+    getResponseHeader(name) {
+      return name === 'ETag' ? '"next-etag"' : '';
+    }
+
+    send() {
+      this.readyState = 4;
+      this.status = 200;
+      this.responseText = JSON.stringify({
+        signature: 'next-signature',
+        slides: [{ id: 2, duration_seconds: 12, disable_audio: false }],
+        playlist: { fade_between_slides: false, skip_unavailable_rtmp: false }
+      });
+      if (typeof this.onreadystatechange === 'function') {
+        this.onreadystatechange();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  sandbox.XMLHttpRequest = XhrStub;
+
+  const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'player', 'public', 'js', 'player-page-playback.js');
+  const commandsPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'player', 'public', 'js', 'player-page-commands.js');
+  const playbackScript = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+  const commandsScript = fs.readFileSync(commandsPath, 'utf8');
+  const prelude = `
+    var pendingPlaylistUpdate = null;
+    var slides = [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 }];
+    var currentPlaylistSignature = 'old-signature';
+    var currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides = false;
+    var currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp = false;
+    var currentPlaylistEtag = '';
+    var lastRenderedSlide = { id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 };
+    var index = 0;
+    var timer = null;
+    var slideExpiresAt = null;
+    var pausedRemainingMs = null;
+    var app = null;
+    var activeSlidesCacheKey = '';
+    var activeSlidesCacheValue = [];
+    var renderCacheViewportKey = '';
+    var slideMarkupCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateLayoutCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateRenderPlanCache = Object.create(null);
+  `;
+  vm.runInNewContext(prelude + '\n' + playbackScript + '\n' + commandsScript, sandbox, { filename: scriptPath });
+  sandbox.showCurrent = function () {
+    calls.showCurrent += 1;
+  };
+
+  sandbox.pendingPlaylistUpdate = {
+    slides: [{ id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 }],
+    signature: 'next-signature',
+    fadeBetweenSlides: false,
+    skipUnavailableRtmp: false
+  };
+
+  sandbox.scheduleSlideAdvance(100);
+  assert.equal(timers.length, 1);
+  timers.shift()();
+
+  assert.equal(calls.refresh, 0);
+  assert.equal(calls.showCurrent, 1);
+  assert.equal(sandbox.currentPlaylistSignature, 'next-signature');
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.slides, [{ id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 }]);
+});
+
+test('removing the currently visible slide from a two-slide playlist applies the one-slide update immediately', async () => {
+  const calls = {
+    showCurrent: 0,
+    logDebug: []
+  };
+
+  const sandbox = {
+    window: null,
+    location: { origin: 'http://localhost', href: 'http://localhost/screen/test2' },
+    Date,
+    JSON,
+    Math,
+    Number,
+    String,
+    Boolean,
+    Array,
+    Object,
+    Promise,
+    setTimeout,
+    clearTimeout,
+    console,
+    currentPlaylistSignature: 'old-signature',
+    currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides: false,
+    currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp: false,
+    slug: 'test2',
+    pendingPlaylistUpdate: null,
+    slides: [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 }, { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 }],
+    lastRenderedSlide: { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 },
+    index: 1,
+    timer: null,
+    slideExpiresAt: null,
+    pausedRemainingMs: null,
+    app: null,
+    currentPlaylistEtag: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheKey: '',
+    activeSlidesCacheValue: [],
+    renderCacheViewportKey: '',
+    slideMarkupCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateLayoutCache: Object.create(null),
+    templateRenderPlanCache: Object.create(null),
+    getCurrentActiveSlides() {
+      return sandbox.slides;
+    },
+    getPlaylistRevision(data) {
+      return data.signature;
+    },
+    normalizeSlide(slide) {
+      return slide;
+    },
+    getActiveSlidesFrom(slideList) {
+      return slideList;
+    },
+    savePlaylistSnapshot() {},
+    markRefreshHealthy() {},
+    setOfflineBannerVisible() {},
+    scheduleRefreshRetry() {},
+    syncWebpagePreloads() {},
+    syncRtmpWarmups() {},
+    clearActiveSlidesCache() {},
+    showCurrent() {
+      calls.showCurrent += 1;
+    },
+    sendCommandState() {},
+    refresh() {},
+    logDebug(...args) {
+      calls.logDebug.push(args.join(' '));
+    }
+  };
+  sandbox.window = sandbox;
+
+  class XhrStub {
+    open() {}
+
+    setRequestHeader() {}
+
+    getResponseHeader(name) {
+      return name === 'ETag' ? '"next-etag"' : '';
+    }
+
+    send() {
+      this.readyState = 4;
+      this.status = 200;
+      this.responseText = JSON.stringify({
+        signature: 'next-signature',
+        slides: [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12, disable_audio: false }],
+        playlist: { fade_between_slides: false, skip_unavailable_rtmp: false }
+      });
+      if (typeof this.onreadystatechange === 'function') {
+        this.onreadystatechange();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  sandbox.XMLHttpRequest = XhrStub;
+
+  const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'player', 'public', 'js', 'player-page-playback.js');
+  const playbackScript = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+  const prelude = `
+    var pendingPlaylistUpdate = null;
+    var slides = [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12 }, { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 }];
+    var currentPlaylistSignature = 'old-signature';
+    var currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides = false;
+    var currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp = false;
+    var currentPlaylistEtag = '';
+    var lastRenderedSlide = { id: 2, duration_seconds: 12 };
+    var index = 1;
+    var timer = null;
+    var slideExpiresAt = null;
+    var pausedRemainingMs = null;
+    var app = null;
+    var activeSlidesCacheKey = '';
+    var activeSlidesCacheValue = [];
+    var renderCacheViewportKey = '';
+    var slideMarkupCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateLayoutCache = Object.create(null);
+    var templateRenderPlanCache = Object.create(null);
+  `;
+  vm.runInNewContext(prelude + '\n' + playbackScript, sandbox, { filename: scriptPath });
+
+  await sandbox.refresh();
+
+  assert.equal(sandbox.currentPlaylistSignature, 'next-signature');
+  assert.equal(sandbox.pendingPlaylistUpdate, null);
+  assert.deepEqual(sandbox.slides, [{ id: 1, duration_seconds: 12, disable_audio: false }]);
+  assert.equal(calls.logDebug.some((entry) => entry.includes('applying on next slide transition')), false);
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/playlists-routes.test.js b/test/playlists-routes.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..653117d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/playlists-routes.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+const test = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+
+const registerPlaylistRoutes = require('../src/web/routes/admin/playlists');
+
+function createAppAndHandlers() {
+  const handlers = {};
+  const app = {
+    post(path, ...routeHandlers) {
+      handlers[path] = routeHandlers;
+    },
+    get() {}
+  };
+
+  return { app, handlers };
+}
+
+function createResponse() {
+  return {
+    redirectedTo: '',
+    statusCode: 200,
+    redirect(url) {
+      this.redirectedTo = url;
+    },
+    status(code) {
+      this.statusCode = code;
+      return this;
+    },
+    send() {
+      return this;
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+test('playlist create and update redirect to the canonical edit path', async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const connection = {
+    async beginTransaction() {},
+    async commit() {},
+    async rollback() {},
+    release() {},
+    async query(sql) {
+      if (sql.startsWith('INSERT INTO c_playlists')) {
+        return [{ insertId: 4 }];
+      }
+      if (sql.startsWith('UPDATE c_playlists SET')) {
+        calls.push('update-playlist');
+        return [{ affectedRows: 1 }];
+      }
+      if (sql.startsWith('DELETE FROM c_playlist_slides')) {
+        calls.push('delete-slides');
+        return [{ affectedRows: 1 }];
+      }
+      return [[]];
+    }
+  };
+
+  const { app, handlers } = createAppAndHandlers();
+  registerPlaylistRoutes(app, {
+    pool: {
+      async getConnection() {
+        return connection;
+      }
+    },
+    common: {
+      async fetchDuplicateName() { return null; },
+      async fetchCanvasSizeById() { return { id: 7 }; },
+      async fetchPlaylistById() { return { id: 4, canvas_id: 7 }; }
+    },
+    pages: {},
+    fetchOrderedPlaylistSlides: async () => [],
+    fetchScreensByPlaylistId: async () => [],
+    fetchPlaylistCanvasId: async () => null,
+    readArrayField: () => [],
+    getAuditUserId: () => 12,
+    redirectAfterSave(req, res, url) {
+      calls.push({ kind: 'redirectAfterSave', url, path: req.path });
+      res.redirect(url);
+    },
+    notifyPlayerScreens: async () => {},
+    broadcastDashboardState: async () => {},
+    getPlaylistDeleteBlockMessage: async () => '',
+    requirePermission() {
+      return function (_req, _res, next) {
+        next();
+      };
+    }
+  });
+
+  const createHandlers = handlers['/playlists'];
+  const updateHandlers = handlers['/playlists/:id'];
+  assert.equal(Array.isArray(createHandlers), true);
+  assert.equal(Array.isArray(updateHandlers), true);
+
+  const createRes = createResponse();
+  await createHandlers[1]({
+    path: '/playlists',
+    body: {
+      name: 'Lunch Loop',
+      canvas_size_id: '7',
+      slide_id: []
+    }
+  }, createRes, () => {});
+
+  const updateRes = createResponse();
+  await updateHandlers[1]({
+    path: '/playlists/4',
+    params: { id: '4' },
+    body: {
+      name: 'Lunch Loop',
+      slide_id: []
+    }
+  }, updateRes, () => {});
+
+  assert.equal(createRes.redirectedTo, '/playlists/4/edit');
+  assert.equal(updateRes.redirectedTo, '/playlists/4/edit');
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'delete-slides',
+    { kind: 'redirectAfterSave', url: '/playlists/4/edit', path: '/playlists' },
+    'update-playlist',
+    'delete-slides',
+    { kind: 'redirectAfterSave', url: '/playlists/4/edit', path: '/playlists/4' }
+  ]);
+});
\ No newline at end of file