diff --git a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+layout.svelte
index 83ed17be..43a02b0f 100644
--- a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+layout.svelte
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@
                     restartCountdown();
                     $events_slct.event_file_id = obj_id;
                     $events_sess.launcher.modal__open_event_file_id = obj_id;
+                    // Look up the file object from Dexie so the modal can render the image.
+                    // The remote device has no event_file_obj in scope — only the ID was sent over WS.
+                    db_events.file.get(obj_id).then((file_obj: any) => {
+                        if (file_obj) {
+                            $events_sess.launcher.modal__event_file_obj = file_obj;
+                            $events_sess.launcher.modal__title = file_obj.filename ?? '';
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
             } else if (cmd.startsWith('ae_close:')) {
                 if (cmd.split(':')[1] == 'event_file_modal') {
diff --git a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher_file_cont.svelte b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher_file_cont.svelte
index 8a674361..6a8a7312 100644
--- a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher_file_cont.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher_file_cont.svelte
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@
                     if (!modal__title) modal__title = event_file_obj.filename;
                     $events_slct.event_file_id = event_file_id;
                     $events_slct.event_file_obj = event_file_obj;
+                    // Push the open command to the remote display when in local_push mode
+                    if ($events_loc.launcher.controller == 'local_push' && $events_sess.launcher.ws_connect_status == 'connected') {
+                        $events_sess.launcher.controller_cmd = `ae_open:event_file=${event_file_id}`;
+                        $events_sess.launcher.controller_trigger_send = true;
+                    }
                 }}
             >
                 {#snippet label()}