diff --git a/src/views/GraphView.ts b/src/views/GraphView.ts
index 610f4ef..f0b2a48 100644
--- a/src/views/GraphView.ts
+++ b/src/views/GraphView.ts
@@ -160,18 +160,7 @@ export class GraphView {
           },
         },
       ],
-      layout: {
-        name: "concentric",
-        concentric: (node) => -((node.data("depth") as number) ?? 0),
-        levelWidth: () => 1,
-        minNodeSpacing: 40,
-        // @ts-ignore — spacingFactor exists in concentric layout
-        spacingFactor: 0.9,
-        fit: true,
-        padding: 30,
-        startAngle: -Math.PI / 2,
-        clockwise: true,
-      },
+      layout: { name: "preset", fit: true, padding: 30 },
     });
 
     // @ts-ignore — added by cytoscape-node-html-label
@@ -191,7 +180,6 @@ export class GraphView {
 
   private buildElements(data: GraphData, collections: string[]): cytoscape.ElementDefinition[] {
     const els: cytoscape.ElementDefinition[] = [];
-    els.push({ data: { id: ROOT_ID, label: this.project, depth: 0 } });
 
     const childrenMap = new Map<string | null, string[]>();
     for (const e of data.edges) {
@@ -201,6 +189,13 @@ export class GraphView {
     }
 
     const known = new Set(collections);
+    const positions = this.computePositions(childrenMap, known);
+
+    els.push({
+      data: { id: ROOT_ID, label: this.project, depth: 0 },
+      position: positions.get(ROOT_ID) ?? { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    });
+
     const visited = new Set<string>();
     const walk = (parentName: string | null, parentId: string, depth: number) => {
       const children = (childrenMap.get(parentName) ?? []).filter((c) => known.has(c));
@@ -213,6 +208,7 @@ export class GraphView {
         const { w, h } = this.nodeSize(features.length);
         els.push({
           data: { id, name: child, depth, features, w, h },
+          position: positions.get(id) ?? { x: 0, y: 0 },
         });
         els.push({ data: { source: parentId, target: id } });
         walk(child, id, depth + 1);
@@ -222,6 +218,52 @@ export class GraphView {
     return els;
   }
 
+  private computePositions(
+    childrenMap: Map<string | null, string[]>,
+    known: Set<string>,
+  ): Map<string, { x: number; y: number }> {
+    const R1 = 220;
+    const STEP = 200;
+    const positions = new Map<string, { x: number; y: number }>();
+    positions.set(ROOT_ID, { x: 0, y: 0 });
+
+    const direct = (childrenMap.get(null) ?? []).filter((c) => known.has(c));
+    const N = Math.max(direct.length, 1);
+    const sectorPerDirect = (2 * Math.PI) / N;
+
+    const layoutSubtree = (
+      parentName: string,
+      parentAngle: number,
+      allowedSector: number,
+      parentRadius: number,
+    ) => {
+      const children = (childrenMap.get(parentName) ?? []).filter((c) => known.has(c));
+      const k = children.length;
+      if (k === 0) return;
+      const newRadius = parentRadius + STEP;
+      const perChild = allowedSector / k;
+      for (let i = 0; i < k; i++) {
+        const angle = parentAngle - allowedSector / 2 + (i + 0.5) * perChild;
+        positions.set(`n_${children[i]}`, {
+          x: Math.cos(angle) * newRadius,
+          y: Math.sin(angle) * newRadius,
+        });
+        layoutSubtree(children[i], angle, perChild, newRadius);
+      }
+    };
+
+    direct.forEach((child, i) => {
+      const angle = i * sectorPerDirect - Math.PI / 2;
+      positions.set(`n_${child}`, {
+        x: Math.cos(angle) * R1,
+        y: Math.sin(angle) * R1,
+      });
+      layoutSubtree(child, angle, sectorPerDirect, R1);
+    });
+
+    return positions;
+  }
+
   private nodeSize(featureCount: number): { w: number; h: number } {
     const w = 180;
     const rows = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(featureCount / 2));