diff --git a/backend/00-router.go b/backend/00-router.go
index 5842898..5693e1b 100644
--- a/backend/00-router.go
+++ b/backend/00-router.go
@@ -65,13 +65,12 @@ func renderShell(w http.ResponseWriter, active, readingPane string) {
     <div class="read-body">%s</div>
   </section>
   <section class="pane pane-read pane-target" id="read-target">
-    <div class="pane-head">Zielkopie</div>
-    <div class="read-body"><div class="ef-empty">Nachricht waehlen.</div></div>
+    %s
   </section>
 </div>
 <footer class="statusbar"><span id="mig-status"
     hx-get="/migrate/status" hx-trigger="every 3s" hx-swap="innerHTML">bereit</span></footer>
-</body></html>`, active, readingPane)
+</body></html>`, active, readingPane, renderInitialTargetPane())
 }
 
 // --- Stubs fuer die noch nicht gebauten Handler (TODO Codex) ---
diff --git a/backend/08-viewer.go b/backend/08-viewer.go
index 82914a5..a719c38 100644
--- a/backend/08-viewer.go
+++ b/backend/08-viewer.go
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ func renderTargetPane(account, folder, targetAccount string, index int, raw []by
 	return b.String()
 }
 
+func renderInitialTargetPane() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString(renderTargetAccountSelect("", "", "", -1))
+	b.WriteString(`<div class="read-body"><div class="ef-empty">Nachricht waehlen.</div></div>`)
+	return b.String()
+}
+
 func renderReadContent(w io.Writer, subject, from, date, body string) {
 	if subject == "" {
 		subject = "(ohne Betreff)"
@@ -326,7 +333,11 @@ func renderTargetAccountSelect(account, folder, selected string, index int) stri
 		selected = ""
 	}
 	var b strings.Builder
-	fmt.Fprintf(&b, `<div class="pane-head target-head"><span>Zielkopie</span><form class="target-select-form" hx-get="/view/target" hx-target="#read-target" hx-swap="innerHTML" hx-trigger="change from:#target-account-select">
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, `<div class="pane-head target-head"><span>Zielkopie</span><form class="target-select-form"`)
+	if account != "" && folder != "" && index >= 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, ` hx-get="/view/target" hx-target="#read-target" hx-swap="innerHTML" hx-trigger="change from:#target-account-select"`)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, `>
 <input type="hidden" name="account" value="%s">
 <input type="hidden" name="folder" value="%s">
 <input type="hidden" name="index" value="%d">