diff --git a/script.html b/script.html
index 1c5ff74..9e8705b 100644
--- a/script.html
+++ b/script.html
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ function render(r) {
   document.getElementById("sub").textContent = s.premise || "";
 
   var stage = stageOf(p.status);
-  if (VIEW === null || VIEW > stage) VIEW = stage;
+  // Clamp to what the stepper actually allows, not to the stage. These differ
+  // for an approved project: it sits at stage 2 but must be able to reach the
+  // Filming panel, which is where the button to start filming lives. Clamping
+  // to stage undid the click on every redraw.
+  var reach = reachOf(p.status);
+  if (VIEW === null || VIEW > reach) VIEW = Math.min(stage, reach);
   // Shot controls belong to the layout stage. Elsewhere the shots are shown
   // but not touchable, which is what "locked" means to shotHtml.
   var locked = VIEW !== 2;