diff --git a/packetserver/http/routers/dashboard.py b/packetserver/http/routers/dashboard.py
index 449ef5e..8bebd37 100644
--- a/packetserver/http/routers/dashboard.py
+++ b/packetserver/http/routers/dashboard.py
@@ -4,16 +4,26 @@ from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 
 from packetserver.http.dependencies import get_current_http_user
 from packetserver.http.auth import HttpUser
-from packetserver.http.server import templates  # for TemplateResponse
+from packetserver.http.server import templates
 
 router = APIRouter(tags=["dashboard"])
 
+# Import the function at module level (safe now that circular import is fixed)
+from packetserver.http.routers.messages import get_messages as api_get_messages
+
 
 @router.get("/dashboard", response_class=HTMLResponse)
-async def dashboard(request: Request, current_user: HttpUser = Depends(get_current_http_user)):
-    # Fetch messages via internal API call (reuse list logic)
-    from packetserver.http.routers.messages import get_messages as api_get_messages
-    messages_resp = await api_get_messages(current_user=current_user, type="all", limit=100)
+async def dashboard(
+    request: Request,
+    current_user: HttpUser = Depends(get_current_http_user)
+):
+    # Internal call – pass explicit defaults to avoid Query object injection
+    messages_resp = await api_get_messages(
+        current_user=current_user,
+        type="all",
+        limit=100,
+        since=None  # prevents Query wrapper
+    )
     messages = messages_resp["messages"]
 
     return templates.TemplateResponse(