diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 0dad2c5..d7bd37d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/
 
   test:
-    name: Test (${{ matrix.jbrowse-version }})
+    name: Test production builds
     needs: build-and-lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 8ccba33..4a3c192 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -117,5 +117,6 @@
         }
       ]
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "aggregateTextSearchAdapters": []
 }
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 130ea74..42d1a9b 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default defineConfig(
       'esbuild-watch.mjs',
       'eslint.config.mjs',
       'ucsc/*',
+      '.test*',
       '.test-jbrowse/*',
     ],
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecae472..2dc82ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "build": "tsc && NODE_ENV=production node esbuild.mjs && cp distconfig.json dist/config.json",
     "prebuild": "yarn clean",
     "lint": "eslint --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings 0",
-    "pretest": "test -d .test-jbrowse || npx @jbrowse/cli create .test-jbrowse --nightly",
+    "pretest": "rm -rf .test-jbrowse && npx @jbrowse/cli create .test-jbrowse --nightly",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "test:watch": "vitest",
     "test:setup": "node scripts/test-versions.mjs setup",
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.14.1",
     "g2p_mapper": "^2.0.0",
-    "pako": "^2.1.0",
-    "react-msaview": "^5.0.3",
+    "idb": "^8.0.3",
+    "pako-esm2": "^2.0.0",
+    "react-msaview": "^5.0.5",
     "swr": "^2.3.8"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "^62.0.0",
     "mobx": "^6.15.0",
     "mobx-react": "^9.2.1",
-    "msa-parsers": "^5.0.3",
     "prettier": "^3.7.4",
     "pretty-bytes": "^7.1.0",
     "puppeteer": "^24.34.0",
diff --git a/src/AddHighlightModel/GenomeMouseoverHighlight.tsx b/src/AddHighlightModel/GenomeMouseoverHighlight.tsx
index 5963897..ccac8df 100644
--- a/src/AddHighlightModel/GenomeMouseoverHighlight.tsx
+++ b/src/AddHighlightModel/GenomeMouseoverHighlight.tsx
@@ -12,35 +12,51 @@ const GenomeMouseoverHighlight = observer(function ({
 }: {
   model: LinearGenomeViewModel
 }) {
-  const { hovered } = getSession(model)
-  return hovered &&
-    typeof hovered === 'object' &&
-    'hoverPosition' in hovered ? (
-    <GenomeMouseoverHighlightPostNullCheck model={model} />
-  ) : null
+  const session = getSession(model)
+  const { hovered, views } = session
+
+  // Early return if no MSA view exists
+  const hasMsaView = views.some(s => s.type === 'MsaView')
+  if (!hasMsaView) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  // Early return if no hover position
+  if (
+    !hovered ||
+    typeof hovered !== 'object' ||
+    !('hoverPosition' in hovered)
+  ) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return <GenomeMouseoverHighlightRenderer model={model} hovered={hovered} />
 })
 
-const GenomeMouseoverHighlightPostNullCheck = observer(function ({
+const GenomeMouseoverHighlightRenderer = observer(function ({
   model,
+  hovered,
 }: {
   model: LinearGenomeViewModel
+
+  hovered: any
 }) {
   const { classes } = useStyles()
-  const session = getSession(model)
-  if (session.views.some(s => s.type === 'MsaView')) {
-    const { hovered } = session
-    const { offsetPx } = model
-    // @ts-expect-error
-    const { coord, refName } = hovered.hoverPosition
-
-    const s = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: coord - 1 })
-    const e = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: coord })
-    if (s && e) {
-      const width = Math.max(Math.abs(e.offsetPx - s.offsetPx), 4)
-      const left = Math.min(s.offsetPx, e.offsetPx) - offsetPx
-      return <div className={classes.highlight} style={{ left, width }} />
-    }
+  const { offsetPx } = model
+  const { coord, refName } = hovered.hoverPosition as {
+    coord: number
+    refName: string
+  }
+
+  const s = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: coord - 1 })
+  const e = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: coord })
+
+  if (s && e) {
+    const width = Math.max(Math.abs(e.offsetPx - s.offsetPx), 4)
+    const left = Math.min(s.offsetPx, e.offsetPx) - offsetPx
+    return <div className={classes.highlight} style={{ left, width }} />
   }
+
   return null
 })
 
diff --git a/src/AddHighlightModel/MsaToGenomeHighlight.tsx b/src/AddHighlightModel/MsaToGenomeHighlight.tsx
index bd58dda..5766508 100644
--- a/src/AddHighlightModel/MsaToGenomeHighlight.tsx
+++ b/src/AddHighlightModel/MsaToGenomeHighlight.tsx
@@ -1,53 +1,74 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
-import { Assembly } from '@jbrowse/core/assemblyManager/assembly'
 import { getSession } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react'
 
 import { useStyles } from './util'
-import { JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel } from '../MsaViewPanel/model'
 
+import type { JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel } from '../MsaViewPanel/model'
 import type { LinearGenomeViewModel } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
 
 type LGV = LinearGenomeViewModel
 
-function getCanonicalName(assembly: Assembly, s: string) {
-  return assembly.getCanonicalRefName(s) ?? s
-}
-
+// Outer component: only re-renders when MSA view or highlights change
 const MsaToGenomeHighlight = observer(function MsaToGenomeHighlight2({
   model,
 }: {
   model: LGV
 }) {
-  const { classes } = useStyles()
-  const { assemblyManager, views } = getSession(model)
-  const p = views.find(f => f.type === 'MsaView') as
+  const { views } = getSession(model)
+  const msaView = views.find(f => f.type === 'MsaView') as
     | JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel
     | undefined
+
+  const highlights = msaView?.connectedHighlights
+
+  // Early return if no highlights - avoid all other work
+  if (!highlights || highlights.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return <MsaToGenomeHighlightRenderer model={model} highlights={highlights} />
+})
+
+// Inner component: handles the scroll-dependent rendering
+const MsaToGenomeHighlightRenderer = observer(function ({
+  model,
+  highlights,
+}: {
+  model: LGV
+  highlights: { refName: string; start: number; end: number }[]
+}) {
+  const { classes } = useStyles()
+  const { assemblyManager } = getSession(model)
   const assembly = assemblyManager.get(model.assemblyNames[0]!)
-  return assembly ? (
+  const { offsetPx } = model
+
+  if (!assembly) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
     <>
-      {p?.connectedHighlights.map((r, idx) => {
-        const refName = getCanonicalName(assembly, r.refName)
+      {highlights.map((r, idx) => {
+        const refName = assembly.getCanonicalRefName(r.refName) ?? r.refName
         const s = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: r.start })
         const e = model.bpToPx({ refName, coord: r.end })
         if (s && e) {
           const width = Math.max(Math.abs(e.offsetPx - s.offsetPx), 4)
-          const left = Math.min(s.offsetPx, e.offsetPx) - model.offsetPx
+          const left = Math.min(s.offsetPx, e.offsetPx) - offsetPx
           return (
             <div
-              key={`${JSON.stringify(r)}-${idx}`}
+              key={`${r.refName}-${r.start}-${r.end}-${idx}`}
               className={classes.highlight}
               style={{ left, width }}
             />
           )
-        } else {
-          return null
         }
+        return null
       })}
     </>
-  ) : null
+  )
 })
 
 export default MsaToGenomeHighlight
diff --git a/src/AddHighlightModel/index.tsx b/src/AddHighlightModel/index.tsx
index bebdc33..d0fb398 100644
--- a/src/AddHighlightModel/index.tsx
+++ b/src/AddHighlightModel/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
 import PluginManager from '@jbrowse/core/PluginManager'
+import { getSession } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
 
 import HighlightComponents from './HighlightComponents'
 
@@ -13,6 +14,13 @@ export default function AddHighlightComponentsModelF(
     'LinearGenomeView-TracksContainerComponent',
     // @ts-expect-error
     (rest: React.ReactNode[], { model }: { model: LinearGenomeViewModel }) => {
+      // Quick check: don't add any components if no MSA view exists
+      const { views } = getSession(model)
+      const hasMsaView = views.some(v => v.type === 'MsaView')
+      if (!hasMsaView) {
+        return rest
+      }
+
       return [
         ...rest,
         <HighlightComponents
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/LaunchMsaViewDialog.tsx b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/LaunchMsaViewDialog.tsx
index 3d16891..a5cc670 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/LaunchMsaViewDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/LaunchMsaViewDialog.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react'
 
+import { readConfObject } from '@jbrowse/core/configuration'
 import { Dialog } from '@jbrowse/core/ui'
-import { AbstractTrackModel, Feature } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
+import { AbstractTrackModel, Feature, getSession } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
 import { Tab, Tabs } from '@mui/material'
 
 import EnsemblGeneTree from './EnsemblGeneTree/EnsemblGeneTree'
@@ -10,12 +11,7 @@ import NCBIBlastPanel from './NCBIBlastQuery/NCBIBlastPanel'
 import PreLoadedMSA from './PreLoadedMSA/PreLoadedMSADataPanel'
 import TabPanel from './TabPanel'
 
-const TABS = {
-  NCBI_BLAST: 0,
-  PRELOADED_MSA: 1,
-  ENSEMBL_GENETREE: 2,
-  MANUAL_MSA: 3,
-}
+import type { Dataset } from './PreLoadedMSA/types'
 
 export default function LaunchMsaViewDialog({
   handleClose,
@@ -26,42 +22,53 @@ export default function LaunchMsaViewDialog({
   feature: Feature
   model: AbstractTrackModel
 }) {
-  const [value, setValue] = useState(TABS.NCBI_BLAST)
+  const session = getSession(model)
+  const { jbrowse } = session
+  const datasets = readConfObject(jbrowse, ['msa', 'datasets']) as
+    | Dataset[]
+    | undefined
+  const hasPreloadedDatasets = datasets && datasets.length > 0
+
+  const [value, setValue] = useState('ncbi_blast')
 
-  const handleChange = (_event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: number) => {
+  const handleChange = (_event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: string) => {
     setValue(newValue)
   }
 
   return (
     <Dialog maxWidth="xl" title="Launch MSA view" open onClose={handleClose}>
       <Tabs value={value} onChange={handleChange}>
-        <Tab label="NCBI BLAST query" value={TABS.NCBI_BLAST} />
-        <Tab label="Pre-loaded MSA datasets" value={TABS.PRELOADED_MSA} />
-        <Tab label="Ensembl GeneTree" value={TABS.ENSEMBL_GENETREE} />
-        <Tab label="Manual upload" value={TABS.MANUAL_MSA} />
+        <Tab label="NCBI BLAST query" value="ncbi_blast" />
+        {hasPreloadedDatasets ? (
+          <Tab label="Pre-loaded MSA datasets" value="preloaded_msa" />
+        ) : null}
+        <Tab label="Ensembl GeneTree" value="ensembl_genetree" />
+        <Tab label="Manual upload" value="manual_msa" />
       </Tabs>
-      <TabPanel value={value} index={TABS.NCBI_BLAST}>
+      <TabPanel value={value} index="ncbi_blast">
         <NCBIBlastPanel
           handleClose={handleClose}
           feature={feature}
           model={model}
         />
       </TabPanel>
-      <TabPanel value={value} index={TABS.PRELOADED_MSA}>
-        <PreLoadedMSA
-          model={model}
-          feature={feature}
-          handleClose={handleClose}
-        />
-      </TabPanel>
-      <TabPanel value={value} index={TABS.ENSEMBL_GENETREE}>
+      {hasPreloadedDatasets ? (
+        <TabPanel value={value} index="preloaded_msa">
+          <PreLoadedMSA
+            model={model}
+            feature={feature}
+            handleClose={handleClose}
+          />
+        </TabPanel>
+      ) : null}
+      <TabPanel value={value} index="ensembl_genetree">
         <EnsemblGeneTree
           model={model}
           feature={feature}
           handleClose={handleClose}
         />
       </TabPanel>
-      <TabPanel value={value} index={TABS.MANUAL_MSA}>
+      <TabPanel value={value} index="manual_msa">
         <ManualMSALoader
           model={model}
           feature={feature}
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/CachedBlastResults.tsx b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/CachedBlastResults.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcdf43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/CachedBlastResults.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+import { Feature, getContainingView } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
+import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete'
+import {
+  Button,
+  IconButton,
+  List,
+  ListItem,
+  ListItemButton,
+  ListItemText,
+  Typography,
+} from '@mui/material'
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react'
+
+import { blastLaunchViewFromCache } from './blastLaunchView'
+import {
+  clearAllCachedResults,
+  deleteCachedResult,
+  getAllCachedResults,
+} from '../../../utils/blastCache'
+
+import type { CachedBlastResult } from '../../../utils/blastCache'
+import type { AbstractTrackModel } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
+import type { LinearGenomeViewModel } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
+
+const CachedBlastResults = observer(function ({
+  model,
+  handleClose,
+  feature,
+}: {
+  model: AbstractTrackModel
+  handleClose: () => void
+  feature: Feature
+}) {
+  const [results, setResults] = useState<CachedBlastResult[]>([])
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
+  const view = getContainingView(model) as LinearGenomeViewModel
+
+  const geneId = feature.get('id')
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+    ;(async () => {
+      try {
+        const cached = await getAllCachedResults()
+        setResults(cached.filter(r => r.geneId === geneId))
+        setLoading(false)
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e)
+      }
+    })()
+  }, [geneId])
+
+  const handleDelete = async (id: string) => {
+    await deleteCachedResult(id)
+    setResults(r => r.filter(result => result.id !== id))
+  }
+
+  const handleClearAll = async () => {
+    await clearAllCachedResults()
+    setResults([])
+  }
+
+  const handleUseCached = (cached: CachedBlastResult) => {
+    blastLaunchViewFromCache({
+      view,
+      cached,
+      newViewTitle: `BLAST - ${cached.geneId ?? cached.transcriptId ?? 'Unknown gene'}`,
+    })
+    handleClose()
+  }
+
+  if (loading) {
+    return <Typography>Loading cached results...</Typography>
+  }
+
+  if (results.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <Typography color="textSecondary">
+        No cached BLAST results found for this gene. Run a BLAST query to cache
+        results.
+      </Typography>
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div
+        style={{
+          display: 'flex',
+          justifyContent: 'space-between',
+          alignItems: 'center',
+          marginBottom: 8,
+        }}
+      >
+        <Typography variant="subtitle1">
+          Cached BLAST Results ({results.length})
+        </Typography>
+        <Button
+          size="small"
+          color="error"
+          onClick={() => {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+            handleClearAll()
+          }}
+        >
+          Clear All
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+      <List dense style={{ maxHeight: 300, overflow: 'auto' }}>
+        {results.map(result => (
+          <ListItem
+            key={result.id}
+            disablePadding
+            secondaryAction={
+              <IconButton
+                edge="end"
+                size="small"
+                onClick={e => {
+                  e.stopPropagation()
+                  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+                  handleDelete(result.id)
+                }}
+              >
+                <DeleteIcon fontSize="small" />
+              </IconButton>
+            }
+          >
+            <ListItemButton
+              onClick={() => {
+                handleUseCached(result)
+              }}
+            >
+              <ListItemText
+                primary={`${result.geneId ?? result.transcriptId ?? 'Unknown'} - ${result.blastDatabase}/${result.blastProgram} (${result.msaAlgorithm})`}
+                secondary={`${new Date(result.timestamp).toLocaleString()} - Seq: ${result.proteinSequence.slice(0, 30)}...`}
+              />
+            </ListItemButton>
+          </ListItem>
+        ))}
+      </List>
+    </div>
+  )
+})
+
+export default CachedBlastResults
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel.tsx b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel.tsx
index 378f7d6..91fa9ea 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import {
   Feature,
   getContainingView,
 } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
+import ExpandMoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ExpandMore'
 import {
+  Accordion,
+  AccordionDetails,
+  AccordionSummary,
   Button,
   DialogActions,
   DialogContent,
@@ -16,8 +20,10 @@ import {
 import { observer } from 'mobx-react'
 import { makeStyles } from 'tss-react/mui'
 
+import CachedBlastResults from './CachedBlastResults'
 import { blastLaunchView } from './blastLaunchView'
 import TextField2 from '../../../components/TextField2'
+import { getAllCachedResults } from '../../../utils/blastCache'
 import { getGeneDisplayName, getTranscriptDisplayName } from '../../util'
 import TranscriptSelector from '../TranscriptSelector'
 import { useTranscriptSelection } from '../useTranscriptSelection'
@@ -63,6 +69,23 @@ const NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel = observer(function ({
     useState<msaAlgorithmsT>('clustalo')
   const [selectedBlastProgram, setSelectedBlastProgram] =
     useState<blastProgramsT>('quick-blastp')
+  const [hasCachedResults, setHasCachedResults] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<unknown>()
+
+  const geneId = feature.get('id')
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+    ;(async () => {
+      try {
+        const results = await getAllCachedResults()
+        setHasCachedResults(results.some(r => r.geneId === geneId))
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e)
+        setError(e)
+      }
+    })()
+  }, [geneId])
+
   const {
     options,
     setSelectedId,
@@ -76,7 +99,7 @@ const NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel = observer(function ({
       setSelectedBlastProgram('blastp')
     }
   }, [selectedBlastDatabase])
-  const e = proteinSequenceError ?? launchViewError
+  const e = proteinSequenceError ?? launchViewError ?? error
   const style = { width: 150 }
   return (
     <>
@@ -172,6 +195,21 @@ const NCBIBlastAutomaticPanel = observer(function ({
           you need a COBALT alignment, please use the manual approach of
           submitting BLAST yourself and downloading the resulting files
         </Typography>
+
+        {hasCachedResults ? (
+          <Accordion style={{ marginTop: 20 }}>
+            <AccordionSummary expandIcon={<ExpandMoreIcon />}>
+              <Typography>Previous BLAST Results</Typography>
+            </AccordionSummary>
+            <AccordionDetails>
+              <CachedBlastResults
+                model={model}
+                handleClose={handleClose}
+                feature={feature}
+              />
+            </AccordionDetails>
+          </Accordion>
+        ) : null}
       </DialogContent>
       <DialogActions>
         <Button
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/blastLaunchView.ts b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/blastLaunchView.ts
index ed9ef72..b6d4503 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/blastLaunchView.ts
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/NCBIBlastQuery/blastLaunchView.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Feature, getSession } from '@jbrowse/core/util'
 
 import type { JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel } from '../../../MsaViewPanel/model'
+import type { CachedBlastResult } from '../../../utils/blastCache'
 import type { LinearGenomeViewModel } from '@jbrowse/plugin-linear-genome-view'
 
 export function blastLaunchView({
@@ -25,3 +26,27 @@ export function blastLaunchView({
     blastParams,
   }) as JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel
 }
+
+export function blastLaunchViewFromCache({
+  newViewTitle,
+  view,
+  cached,
+}: {
+  newViewTitle: string
+  view: LinearGenomeViewModel
+  cached: CachedBlastResult
+}) {
+  return getSession(view).addView('MsaView', {
+    type: 'MsaView',
+    displayName: newViewTitle,
+    connectedViewId: view.id,
+    drawNodeBubbles: true,
+    colWidth: 10,
+    rowHeight: 12,
+    data: {
+      msa: cached.msa,
+      tree: cached.tree,
+      treeMetadata: cached.treeMetadata,
+    },
+  }) as JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel
+}
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/PreLoadedMSA/PreLoadedMSADataPanel.tsx b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/PreLoadedMSA/PreLoadedMSADataPanel.tsx
index 74570f4..f3e7883 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/PreLoadedMSA/PreLoadedMSADataPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/PreLoadedMSA/PreLoadedMSADataPanel.tsx
@@ -118,15 +118,11 @@ const PreLoadedMSA = observer(function PreLoadedMSA2({
             setSelectedDatasetId(event.target.value)
           }}
         >
-          {datasets && datasets.length > 0 ? (
-            datasets.map(d => (
-              <MenuItem key={d.datasetId} value={d.datasetId}>
-                {d.name}
-              </MenuItem>
-            ))
-          ) : (
-            <MenuItem>No MSA datasets found</MenuItem>
-          )}
+          {datasets?.map(d => (
+            <MenuItem key={d.datasetId} value={d.datasetId}>
+              {d.name}
+            </MenuItem>
+          ))}
         </TextField2>
 
         {selectedDataset ? (
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/TabPanel.tsx b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/TabPanel.tsx
index 577a47c..563fbc4 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/TabPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/TabPanel.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ export default function TabPanel({
   ...other
 }: {
   children?: React.ReactNode
-  index: number
-  value: number
+  index: number | string
+  value: number | string
 }) {
   return (
     <div role="tabpanel" hidden={value !== index} {...other}>
diff --git a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/util.ts b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/util.ts
index a00942f..03934cc 100644
--- a/src/LaunchMsaView/components/util.ts
+++ b/src/LaunchMsaView/components/util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
-export function makeId(h: { accession: string; sciname: string }) {
-  return `${h.accession}-${h.sciname.replaceAll(' ', '_')}`
+import type { TaxonomyInfo } from '../../utils/taxonomyNames'
+
+export function makeId(
+  h: { accession: string; sciname: string; taxid?: number },
+  taxonomyInfo?: Map<number, TaxonomyInfo>,
+) {
+  let speciesName = h.sciname.replaceAll(' ', '_')
+  if (h.taxid && taxonomyInfo?.has(h.taxid)) {
+    const info = taxonomyInfo.get(h.taxid)!
+    if (info.commonName) {
+      speciesName = info.commonName
+        .split(' ')
+        .map(word => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1).toLowerCase())
+        .join('_')
+    }
+  }
+  return `${h.accession}-${speciesName}`
 }
 
 export function strip(s: string) {
diff --git a/src/MsaViewPanel/doLaunchBlast.ts b/src/MsaViewPanel/doLaunchBlast.ts
index 37044c6..ca2da56 100644
--- a/src/MsaViewPanel/doLaunchBlast.ts
+++ b/src/MsaViewPanel/doLaunchBlast.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { JBrowsePluginMsaViewModel } from './model'
 import { makeId, strip } from '../LaunchMsaView/components/util'
 import { cleanProteinSequence } from '../LaunchMsaView/util'
+import { saveBlastResult } from '../utils/blastCache'
 import { launchMSA } from '../utils/msa'
 import { queryBlast } from '../utils/ncbiBlast'
+import { fetchTaxonomyInfo } from '../utils/taxonomyNames'
+
+import type { TaxonomyInfo } from '../utils/taxonomyNames'
+import type { BlastHitDescription } from '../utils/types'
 
 export async function doLaunchBlast({
   self,
@@ -15,9 +20,11 @@ export async function doLaunchBlast({
     blastProgram,
     msaAlgorithm,
     proteinSequence,
+    selectedTranscript,
   } = self.blastParams!
   const cleanedSeq = cleanProteinSequence(proteinSequence)
-  const { hits } = await queryBlast({
+
+  const { hits, rid } = await queryBlast({
     query: cleanedSeq,
     blastDatabase,
     blastProgram,
@@ -25,33 +32,84 @@ export async function doLaunchBlast({
     onProgress: arg => {
       self.setProgress(arg)
     },
-    onRid: rid => {
-      self.setRid(rid)
+    onRid: r => {
+      self.setRid(r)
     },
   })
 
-  return launchMSA({
+  self.setProgress('Fetching species taxonomy info...')
+  const taxids = hits
+    .map(h => h.description[0]?.taxid)
+    .filter((t): t is number => t !== undefined)
+  const taxonomyInfo = await fetchTaxonomyInfo(taxids)
+
+  const treeMetadata: Record<string, Record<string, string>> = {}
+
+  const sequences = hits.map(h => {
+    const desc = h.description[0] ?? {
+      accession: 'unknown',
+      id: 'unknown',
+      sciname: 'unknown',
+    }
+    const rowName = makeId(desc, taxonomyInfo)
+    const seq = strip(h.hsps[0]?.hseq ?? '')
+
+    treeMetadata[rowName] = buildRowMetadata(desc, taxonomyInfo)
+
+    return `>${rowName}\n${seq}`
+  })
+
+  const result = await launchMSA({
     algorithm: msaAlgorithm,
-    sequence: [
-      `>QUERY\n${cleanedSeq}`,
-      ...hits
-        .map(
-          h =>
-            [
-              makeId(
-                h.description[0] ?? {
-                  accession: 'unknown',
-                  id: 'unknown',
-                  sciname: 'unknown',
-                },
-              ),
-              strip(h.hsps[0]?.hseq ?? ''),
-            ] as const,
-        )
-        .map(([id, seq]) => `>${id}\n${seq}`),
-    ].join('\n'),
+    sequence: [`>QUERY\n${cleanedSeq}`, ...sequences].join('\n'),
     onProgress: arg => {
       self.setProgress(arg)
     },
   })
+
+  const treeMetadataJson = JSON.stringify(treeMetadata)
+
+  await saveBlastResult({
+    proteinSequence: cleanedSeq,
+    blastDatabase,
+    blastProgram,
+    msaAlgorithm,
+    msa: result.msa,
+    tree: result.tree,
+    treeMetadata: treeMetadataJson,
+    rid,
+    geneId: selectedTranscript?.get('parentId'),
+    transcriptId: selectedTranscript?.get('id'),
+  })
+
+  return {
+    ...result,
+    treeMetadata: treeMetadataJson,
+  }
+}
+
+function buildRowMetadata(
+  desc: BlastHitDescription,
+  taxonomyInfo: Map<number, TaxonomyInfo>,
+) {
+  const metadata: Record<string, string> = {}
+  const taxInfo = desc.taxid ? taxonomyInfo.get(desc.taxid) : undefined
+
+  if (taxInfo?.sciname) {
+    metadata['Scientific name'] = taxInfo.sciname
+  }
+  if (taxInfo?.commonName) {
+    metadata['Common name'] = taxInfo.commonName
+  }
+  if (desc.accession) {
+    metadata.Accession = desc.accession
+  }
+  if (desc.id) {
+    metadata.ID = desc.id
+  }
+  if (desc.title) {
+    metadata.Description = desc.title
+  }
+
+  return metadata
 }
diff --git a/src/MsaViewPanel/model.ts b/src/MsaViewPanel/model.ts
index 0076de8..6993510 100644
--- a/src/MsaViewPanel/model.ts
+++ b/src/MsaViewPanel/model.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export interface BlastParams {
   blastDatabase: string
   msaAlgorithm: string
   blastProgram: string
-  selectedTranscript: Feature
+  selectedTranscript?: Feature
   proteinSequence: string
 }
 
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ export default function stateModelFactory() {
               mouseClickCol === undefined
                 ? undefined
                 : msaCoordToGenomeCoord({ model: self, coord: mouseClickCol })
+
             self.setConnectedHighlights([r1, r2].filter(f => !!f))
           }),
         )
diff --git a/src/utils/blastCache.ts b/src/utils/blastCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab21bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/blastCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { openDB } from 'idb'
+
+const DB_NAME = 'jbrowse-msaview-blast-cache'
+const STORE_NAME = 'blast-results'
+const DB_VERSION = 2
+
+export interface CachedBlastResult {
+  id: string
+  proteinSequence: string
+  blastDatabase: string
+  blastProgram: string
+  msaAlgorithm: string
+  msa: string
+  tree: string
+  treeMetadata: string
+  rid: string
+  timestamp: number
+  geneId?: string
+  transcriptId?: string
+}
+
+async function getDB() {
+  return openDB(DB_NAME, DB_VERSION, {
+    upgrade(db, oldVersion) {
+      if (oldVersion < 2 && db.objectStoreNames.contains(STORE_NAME)) {
+        db.deleteObjectStore(STORE_NAME)
+      }
+      if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(STORE_NAME)) {
+        db.createObjectStore(STORE_NAME, { keyPath: 'id' })
+      }
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+function createCacheKey(
+  proteinSequence: string,
+  blastDatabase: string,
+  blastProgram: string,
+) {
+  return `${blastDatabase}:${blastProgram}:${proteinSequence.slice(0, 100)}`
+}
+
+export async function getCachedBlastResult({
+  proteinSequence,
+  blastDatabase,
+  blastProgram,
+}: {
+  proteinSequence: string
+  blastDatabase: string
+  blastProgram: string
+}) {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  const id = createCacheKey(proteinSequence, blastDatabase, blastProgram)
+  return db.get(STORE_NAME, id)
+}
+
+export async function saveBlastResult({
+  proteinSequence,
+  blastDatabase,
+  blastProgram,
+  msaAlgorithm,
+  msa,
+  tree,
+  treeMetadata,
+  rid,
+  geneId,
+  transcriptId,
+}: {
+  proteinSequence: string
+  blastDatabase: string
+  blastProgram: string
+  msaAlgorithm: string
+  msa: string
+  tree: string
+  treeMetadata: string
+  rid: string
+  geneId?: string
+  transcriptId?: string
+}) {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  const id = createCacheKey(proteinSequence, blastDatabase, blastProgram)
+  const entry: CachedBlastResult = {
+    id,
+    proteinSequence,
+    blastDatabase,
+    blastProgram,
+    msaAlgorithm,
+    msa,
+    tree,
+    treeMetadata,
+    rid,
+    timestamp: Date.now(),
+    geneId,
+    transcriptId,
+  }
+  await db.put(STORE_NAME, entry)
+  return entry
+}
+
+export async function getAllCachedResults() {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  const results = await db.getAll(STORE_NAME)
+  return results.toSorted((a, b) => b.timestamp - a.timestamp)
+}
+
+export async function deleteCachedResult(id: string) {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  await db.delete(STORE_NAME, id)
+}
+
+export async function clearAllCachedResults() {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  await db.clear(STORE_NAME)
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/fetch.ts b/src/utils/fetch.ts
index 20cefc0..7f9f645 100644
--- a/src/utils/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fetch.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ungzip } from 'pako'
+import { ungzip } from 'pako-esm2'
 
 export async function handleFetch(url: string, args?: RequestInit) {
   const response = await fetch(url, args)
diff --git a/src/utils/taxonomyNames.ts b/src/utils/taxonomyNames.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f857193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/taxonomyNames.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import { openDB } from 'idb'
+
+const DB_NAME = 'jbrowse-msaview-taxonomy-cache'
+const STORE_NAME = 'common-names'
+const DB_VERSION = 1
+
+interface CachedTaxonomy {
+  taxid: number
+  sciname: string
+  commonName?: string
+}
+
+async function getDB() {
+  return openDB(DB_NAME, DB_VERSION, {
+    upgrade(db) {
+      if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(STORE_NAME)) {
+        db.createObjectStore(STORE_NAME, { keyPath: 'taxid' })
+      }
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+async function getCachedCommonName(taxid: number) {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  return db.get(STORE_NAME, taxid) as Promise<CachedTaxonomy | undefined>
+}
+
+async function saveTaxonomyCache(entries: CachedTaxonomy[]) {
+  const db = await getDB()
+  const tx = db.transaction(STORE_NAME, 'readwrite')
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    await tx.store.put(entry)
+  }
+  await tx.done
+}
+
+export interface TaxonomyInfo {
+  sciname: string
+  commonName?: string
+}
+
+export async function fetchTaxonomyInfo(
+  taxids: number[],
+): Promise<Map<number, TaxonomyInfo>> {
+  const result = new Map<number, TaxonomyInfo>()
+  const uncachedTaxids: number[] = []
+
+  for (const taxid of taxids) {
+    const cached = await getCachedCommonName(taxid)
+    if (cached) {
+      result.set(taxid, {
+        sciname: cached.sciname,
+        commonName: cached.commonName,
+      })
+    } else {
+      uncachedTaxids.push(taxid)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (uncachedTaxids.length === 0) {
+    return result
+  }
+
+  const batchSize = 100
+  const toCache: CachedTaxonomy[] = []
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < uncachedTaxids.length; i += batchSize) {
+    const batch = uncachedTaxids.slice(i, i + batchSize)
+    const idsParam = batch.join(',')
+
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(
+        `https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=taxonomy&id=${idsParam}&retmode=xml`,
+      )
+      const text = await response.text()
+
+      for (const taxid of batch) {
+        const taxonRegex = new RegExp(
+          `<Taxon>.*?<TaxId>${taxid}</TaxId>.*?</Taxon>`,
+          's',
+        )
+        const taxonMatch = taxonRegex.exec(text)
+
+        if (taxonMatch) {
+          const taxonXml = taxonMatch[0]
+          const genbankCommon =
+            /<GenbankCommonName>(.*?)<\/GenbankCommonName>/.exec(taxonXml)
+          const commonName = /<CommonName>(.*?)<\/CommonName>/.exec(taxonXml)
+          const sciName = /<ScientificName>(.*?)<\/ScientificName>/.exec(
+            taxonXml,
+          )
+          const name = genbankCommon?.[1] ?? commonName?.[1]
+
+          const sci = sciName?.[1] ?? ''
+          result.set(taxid, { sciname: sci, commonName: name })
+          toCache.push({ taxid, sciname: sci, commonName: name })
+        } else {
+          toCache.push({ taxid, sciname: '', commonName: undefined })
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch taxonomy data:', error)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (toCache.length > 0) {
+    await saveTaxonomyCache(toCache)
+  }
+
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/types.ts b/src/utils/types.ts
index e34a621..92b26a7 100644
--- a/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+export interface BlastHitDescription {
+  accession: string
+  id: string
+  sciname: string
+  taxid?: number
+  title?: string
+}
+
 export interface BlastResults {
   BlastOutput2: {
     report: {
       results: {
         search: {
           hits: {
-            description: { accession: string; id: string; sciname: string }[]
+            description: BlastHitDescription[]
             hsps: { hseq: string }[]
           }[]
         }
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index fdf1fef..8a9d398 100644
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diff --git a/test-screenshots/nightly-02-search-results.png b/test-screenshots/nightly-02-search-results.png
index e2bead3..42f25a6 100644
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diff --git a/test-screenshots/nightly-03-after-search.png b/test-screenshots/nightly-03-after-search.png
index 90e55ff..8f6c700 100644
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diff --git a/test-screenshots/nightly-04-feature-found.png b/test-screenshots/nightly-04-feature-found.png
index 90e55ff..8f6c700 100644
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diff --git a/test-screenshots/nightly-05-context-menu.png b/test-screenshots/nightly-05-context-menu.png
index fc846ba..2c34754 100644
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diff --git a/test/transcriptSelector.test.ts b/test/transcriptSelector.test.ts
index d6eb818..732ed6f 100644
--- a/test/transcriptSelector.test.ts
+++ b/test/transcriptSelector.test.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ describe('TranscriptSelector E2E', () => {
     // Use the search box to find SPATA6
     // This works regardless of whether labels are visible at the current zoom
     console.log('Looking for search input...')
-    const searchInput = await page!.waitForSelector('input[placeholder*="Search"]', {
-      timeout: 10_000,
-    })
+    const searchInput = await page!.waitForSelector(
+      'input[placeholder*="Search"]',
+      {
+        timeout: 10_000,
+      },
+    )
     if (!searchInput) {
       await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('02-error-no-search') })
       throw new Error('Could not find search input')
@@ -98,75 +101,180 @@ describe('TranscriptSelector E2E', () => {
     await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('02-search-results') })
     console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('02-search-results')}`)
 
-    // Click on the first search result (listbox option)
-    const searchResult = await page!.$('[role="listbox"] [role="option"]')
-    if (!searchResult) {
-      // Try alternative selector
-      const anyResult = await page!.$('[role="option"]')
-      if (anyResult) {
-        await anyResult.click()
-      } else {
-        await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('02-error-no-results') })
-        throw new Error('No search results found for SPATA6')
-      }
-    } else {
-      await searchResult.click()
+    // Use keyboard navigation to select search result (more reliable than clicking)
+    // Wait for dropdown to be visible
+    const hasResults = await page!.waitForSelector('[role="option"]', {
+      timeout: 5000,
+    })
+    if (!hasResults) {
+      await page!.screenshot({
+        path: getScreenshotPath('02-error-no-results'),
+      })
+      throw new Error('No search results found for SPATA6')
     }
 
-    console.log('Clicked on search result')
+    // Use keyboard to select first result
+    await page!.keyboard.press('ArrowDown')
+    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 200))
+    await page!.keyboard.press('Enter')
+
+    console.log('Selected search result via keyboard')
+
+    // Wait for navigation to complete
     await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 3000))
 
+    // Verify we navigated to the right location (SPATA6 is on chr1)
+    const locationText = await page!.$eval(
+      'input[placeholder*="Search"]',
+      el => el.value,
+    )
+    console.log(`Current location: ${locationText}`)
+
     // Screenshot after navigation
     await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('03-after-search') })
     console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('03-after-search')}`)
 
     // Find the track container and right-click on a feature
     // The search navigates to the gene location, so features should be visible
-    // We'll find an SVG rect element in the track (gene features are rendered as rects)
+    // We'll find an SVG element in the track (gene features can be rects or paths)
     const featureElement = await page!.evaluateHandle(() => {
-      // Find a feature rect in the track - these are typically the gene boxes
-      const rects = document.querySelectorAll('svg rect[fill]')
+      // First try to find feature rects (CDS boxes) - they typically have a fill
+      const rects = document.querySelectorAll('svg rect')
       for (const rect of rects) {
         const bbox = rect.getBoundingClientRect()
-        // Filter for reasonable sized elements that are visible
-        if (bbox.width > 5 && bbox.height > 5 && bbox.y > 100 && bbox.y < 400) {
+        const fill = rect.getAttribute('fill')
+        // Look for colored rects (not white/transparent) in the track area
+        if (
+          bbox.width > 3 &&
+          bbox.height > 3 &&
+          bbox.y > 100 &&
+          bbox.y < 500 &&
+          fill &&
+          fill !== 'none' &&
+          fill !== 'white' &&
+          fill !== '#fff' &&
+          fill !== '#ffffff'
+        ) {
+          console.log(
+            `Found rect: ${bbox.width}x${bbox.height} at y=${bbox.y}, fill=${fill}`,
+          )
           return rect
         }
       }
+
+      // Fallback: look for any clickable element in the track area with data attributes
+      const trackElements = document.querySelectorAll(
+        '[data-testid*="feature"]',
+      )
+      for (const el of trackElements) {
+        const bbox = el.getBoundingClientRect()
+        if (bbox.width > 3 && bbox.height > 3 && bbox.y > 100 && bbox.y < 500) {
+          return el
+        }
+      }
+
       return null
     })
 
     const element = featureElement.asElement()
-    if (!element) {
-      await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature') })
-      throw new Error(
-        `No gene feature found in track. Screenshot: ${getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature')}`,
-      )
-    }
 
-    console.log('Found gene feature element')
+    // If no feature element found, try clicking in the middle of the track area
+    // where features should be rendered
+    if (element) {
+      console.log('Found gene feature element')
 
-    // Screenshot: Feature found
-    await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('04-feature-found') })
-    console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('04-feature-found')}`)
+      // Screenshot: Feature found
+      await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('04-feature-found') })
+      console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('04-feature-found')}`)
 
-    // Get bounding box and right-click on it
-    const box = await element.boundingBox()
-    if (!box) {
-      throw new Error('Could not get bounding box for feature element')
-    }
+      // Get bounding box and right-click on it
+      const box = await element.boundingBox()
+      if (!box) {
+        throw new Error('Could not get bounding box for feature element')
+      }
 
-    // Right-click on SPATA6
-    await page!.mouse.click(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2, {
-      button: 'right',
-    })
+      // Right-click on the feature
+      await page!.mouse.click(box.x + box.width / 2, box.y + box.height / 2, {
+        button: 'right',
+      })
+
+      // Wait for context menu to appear
+      await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000))
 
-    // Wait for context menu to appear
-    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000))
+      // Screenshot: Context menu
+      await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('05-context-menu') })
+      console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('05-context-menu')}`)
+    } else {
+      console.log(
+        'No specific feature element found, trying to find track area...',
+      )
 
-    // Screenshot: Context menu
-    await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('05-context-menu') })
-    console.log(`Screenshot saved: ${getScreenshotPath('05-context-menu')}`)
+      // Find the track container and click in it
+      const trackBox = await page!.evaluate(() => {
+        // Look for the track container by finding elements with "GENCODE" text
+        const labels = document.querySelectorAll('*')
+        for (const label of labels) {
+          if (label.textContent?.includes('GENCODE')) {
+            // Get the parent track container
+            let parent = label.parentElement
+            while (parent) {
+              const bbox = parent.getBoundingClientRect()
+              // Track container should be wide and have reasonable height
+              if (bbox.width > 500 && bbox.height > 50 && bbox.height < 300) {
+                return {
+                  x: bbox.x,
+                  y: bbox.y,
+                  width: bbox.width,
+                  height: bbox.height,
+                }
+              }
+              parent = parent.parentElement
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        return null
+      })
+
+      if (trackBox) {
+        console.log(`Found track area: ${JSON.stringify(trackBox)}`)
+        // Click in the center-right of the track where features are likely visible
+        const clickX = trackBox.x + trackBox.width * 0.7
+        const clickY = trackBox.y + trackBox.height * 0.5
+        console.log(`Will right-click at: ${clickX}, ${clickY}`)
+
+        await page!.screenshot({ path: getScreenshotPath('03-track-area') })
+
+        // Right-click on the track area
+        await page!.mouse.click(clickX, clickY, { button: 'right' })
+        await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000))
+
+        // Screenshot: Context menu attempt
+        await page!.screenshot({
+          path: getScreenshotPath('04-context-menu-attempt'),
+        })
+
+        // Check if we got a context menu
+        const menuItems = await page!.$$('[role="menuitem"]')
+        if (menuItems.length > 0) {
+          console.log(`Context menu appeared with ${menuItems.length} items`)
+          // Continue to menu item search below
+        } else {
+          await page!.screenshot({
+            path: getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature'),
+          })
+          throw new Error(
+            `No gene feature found and no context menu appeared. Screenshot: ${getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature')}`,
+          )
+        }
+      } else {
+        await page!.screenshot({
+          path: getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature'),
+        })
+        throw new Error(
+          `No gene feature found in track. Screenshot: ${getScreenshotPath('03-error-no-feature')}`,
+        )
+      }
+    }
 
     // Look for "Launch MSA view" menu item
     const menuItems = await page!.$$('[role="menuitem"]')
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 581a58b..8923d8e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@jbrowse/quick-lru/-/quick-lru-7.3.5.tgz#8625677d7e22050acfdefe5afa23b3eca701955b"
   integrity sha512-DPEtODWKt+QGmCg+EO36sSmKOmdjJOwtxeV/4PBnf+7jqC/P7R4YIz+/yohtqh9UZ38dbLtXIlmigPlkZy8SAA==
 
-"@jbrowse/svgcanvas@5.0.3":
-  version "5.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@jbrowse/svgcanvas/-/svgcanvas-5.0.3.tgz#77e05a88c59f1e1217dfa339534eeb3363427863"
-  integrity sha512-RosXAcL3xu1qHbrJy3hNi8I4DSNkoE879p3jtByXsjdB+WUp50/xdtc7K4Z8+LK4CkCLg97NMWS6JvArDQAljQ==
+"@jbrowse/svgcanvas@5.0.5":
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@jbrowse/svgcanvas/-/svgcanvas-5.0.5.tgz#a74c97f6463b71c19b1150ab52b886d2ec1f3bb4"
+  integrity sha512-dq9wDZ2LgHQ8/5xG8gWL+E0FRM2SVPktlRTiRM+5lLcjJnpJCAISa9qG6R9iRmS0ezo3ULd/L5gpO6gUsUeXCA==
 
 "@jridgewell/gen-mapping@^0.3.12", "@jridgewell/gen-mapping@^0.3.5":
   version "0.3.13"
@@ -3247,10 +3247,10 @@ ms@^2.1.1, ms@^2.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz#574c8138ce1d2b5861f0b44579dbadd60c6615b2"
   integrity sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==
 
-msa-parsers@5.0.3, msa-parsers@^5.0.3:
-  version "5.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/msa-parsers/-/msa-parsers-5.0.3.tgz#1ad886f54dc47ce27c27415ea69ce61aafa4183b"
-  integrity sha512-2aIZRvuOQ2GKSX5p6kRdo4+tXYOMc80CkJR5WPQvpe0SFSNnlTYxlsj/UngLd3USMXT/RNT+HEXUzazFcLOviQ==
+msa-parsers@5.0.5:
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/msa-parsers/-/msa-parsers-5.0.5.tgz#bb10f3296e644797afa00eb6d308f32b15102e4e"
+  integrity sha512-6pol2kAG2TjW0Yuaw8gZwQUNQ5nqcF/6fux6DexiDBVEA+ET3QGX1tO+Qgy7JEHgt2zkdUDMf0o5RXQpme1N+A==
   dependencies:
     clustal-js "^2.0.13"
     emf-js "^2.0.0"
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ package-json-from-dist@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/package-json-from-dist/-/package-json-from-dist-1.0.1.tgz#4f1471a010827a86f94cfd9b0727e36d267de505"
   integrity sha512-UEZIS3/by4OC8vL3P2dTXRETpebLI2NiI5vIrjaD/5UtrkFX/tNbwjTSRAGC/+7CAo2pIcBaRgWmcBBHcsaCIw==
 
-pako-esm2@^2.0.2:
+pako-esm2@^2.0.0, pako-esm2@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pako-esm2/-/pako-esm2-2.0.2.tgz#495108895ed70fc7caaf5faa99ec375d1cc307eb"
   integrity sha512-bm+PwddAyroj8Ny8tNuLepGW28OUdI2b/PkvhaW2jHBVZ5fgcR1xsrLPiOKwk8LoXyc1az2NdHlvICBN2BjR6Q==
@@ -3669,19 +3669,19 @@ react-is@^19.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-19.2.3.tgz#eec2feb69c7fb31f77d0b5c08c10ae1c88886b29"
   integrity sha512-qJNJfu81ByyabuG7hPFEbXqNcWSU3+eVus+KJs+0ncpGfMyYdvSmxiJxbWR65lYi1I+/0HBcliO029gc4F+PnA==
 
-react-msaview@^5.0.3:
-  version "5.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-msaview/-/react-msaview-5.0.3.tgz#76c392423f3da019c1babe2daa8aa3e6e496185f"
-  integrity sha512-16k7jhVezsL44viT9l3o0lS6Xre+SWzMyAndSVSTd4sl9vIS1Tvgq1NaLKDhl96ByC7ZkrsLS0GDQL3ftOc6aw==
+react-msaview@^5.0.5:
+  version "5.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-msaview/-/react-msaview-5.0.5.tgz#37dae25c5ab594cc6d96a926bf9f0f5abf4588e0"
+  integrity sha512-7BRgPSqUpdC2ePS4pgL1ZtRCsgJsNK01ADwOpuWgNZheXE+/n/TPT9t5zr05PhO9sEnTJaB2Z2vkyIBbWPoGvA==
   dependencies:
-    "@jbrowse/svgcanvas" "5.0.3"
+    "@jbrowse/svgcanvas" "5.0.5"
     "@mui/icons-material" "^7.0.1"
     "@mui/material" "^7.0.1"
     colord "^2.9.3"
     d3-array "^3.2.3"
     d3-hierarchy "^3.1.2"
     flatbush "^4.4.0"
-    msa-parsers "5.0.3"
+    msa-parsers "5.0.5"
     pako "^2.1.0"
 
 react-transition-group@^4.4.5: