diff --git a/assets/sai.css b/assets/sai.css
index 9656fc3..f52d24d 100644
--- a/assets/sai.css
+++ b/assets/sai.css
@@ -1199,7 +1199,14 @@ body.overlay-active {
 }
 
 .login-status-container {
-	margin-top: 4px;
+	margin-top: 6px;
+	width: 100%;
+	box-sizing: border-box;
+	text-align: center;
+	overflow: visible;
+}
+.login-status-container:empty {
+	display: none;
 }
 
 .log-segment-wrapper {
@@ -1795,7 +1802,7 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 /* col 1: logo + login.  Top-aligned with scroll fallback so the logo can
  * never be clipped by the pane's overflow:hidden. */
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo {
-	flex: 0 0 150px;
+	flex: 0 0 180px;
 	display: flex;
 	flex-direction: column;
 	align-items: center;
@@ -1803,13 +1810,14 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 	text-align: center;
 	background: #ffffff;
 	overflow-y: auto;
-	padding-top: 4px;
+	padding: 4px 6px;
 }
 
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo .logo {
 	display: block;
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 0;
+	width: auto;
 }
 
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo img.logo {
@@ -1818,6 +1826,16 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 	display: block;
 }
 
+/* override the global span.logo (Sai git / apirev) for the narrow column */
+.sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo span.logo {
+	width: auto;
+	max-width: 100%;
+	margin: 1px 0 0 0;
+	padding: 0;
+	text-align: center;
+	display: block;
+}
+
 /* col 2 + col 3: selectable project / branch lists */
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-projects,
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-branches {
diff --git a/assets/sai.js b/assets/sai.js
index 2666fd2..3ccfb88 100644
--- a/assets/sai.js
+++ b/assets/sai.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const SAI_JS_API_VERSION = 3;
+const SAI_JS_API_VERSION = 4;
 
 (function() {
 
@@ -966,6 +966,8 @@ var sb_selected_project = null, sb_selected_ref = null;
 function sai_sb_request_overview(offset)
 {
 	var o = (typeof offset === 'number') ? offset : 0;
+	console.log("[sb] -> overview req project='" + sb_selected_project +
+		    "' ref='" + sb_selected_ref + "'");
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.taskinfo\"," +
 		 "\"js_api_version\": " + SAI_JS_API_VERSION + "," +
 		 "\"offset\": " + o + "," +
@@ -975,11 +977,13 @@ function sai_sb_request_overview(offset)
 
 function sai_sb_request_projects()
 {
+	console.log("[sb] -> requesting projlist");
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.projlist\"}");
 }
 
 function sai_sb_request_branches(project)
 {
+	console.log("[sb] -> requesting branchlist for", project);
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.branchlist\"," +
 		 "\"project\":" + JSON.stringify(project || "") + "}");
 }
@@ -3083,6 +3087,7 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					 * for deep links (?event=/?task=) so the
 					 * deep-linked event isn't displaced.
 					 */
+					console.log("[sb] <- projlist reply:", jso);
 					sb_projects = (jso.projects && Array.isArray(jso.projects)) ? jso.projects : [];
 					if (!sb_selected_project && !selected_event_uuid &&
 					    !selected_task_uuid && sb_projects.length)
@@ -3097,6 +3102,7 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					 * newest-first.  Auto-select the most recent
 					 * branch so col 4 populates immediately.
 					 */
+					console.log("[sb] <- branchlist reply:", jso);
 					sb_branches = (jso.branches && Array.isArray(jso.branches)) ? jso.branches : [];
 					if (!sb_selected_ref && sb_branches.length)
 						selectSbBranch(sb_branches[0]);
@@ -3175,6 +3181,7 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 				 * branchlist reply arrives later it overrides this.
 				 */
 				if ((!sb_projects || !sb_projects.length) && loaded_events.length) {
+					console.log("[sb] FALLBACK: deriving projects from loaded_events (no projlist reply)");
 					var _pset = {};
 					loaded_events.forEach(function(o) {
 						if (o && o.e && o.e.repo_name)
@@ -3186,6 +3193,7 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					render_sb_projects();
 				}
 				if (sb_selected_project && (!sb_branches || !sb_branches.length) && loaded_events.length) {
+					console.log("[sb] FALLBACK: deriving branches from loaded_events (no branchlist reply)");
 					var _bset = {};
 					loaded_events.forEach(function(o) {
 						if (o && o.e && o.e.repo_name === sb_selected_project && o.e.ref)
diff --git a/src/web/w-private.h b/src/web/w-private.h
index 1aff632..e74fab4 100644
--- a/src/web/w-private.h
+++ b/src/web/w-private.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-#define SAIW_API_VERSION 3
+#define SAIW_API_VERSION 4
 
 struct sai_plat;