diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
index af5f705..acca898 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -458,9 +458,20 @@ export default function Home() {
       { id: "breaking", el: <div key="breaking" className="flex flex-col gap-4"><BreakingNewsWidget /></div> },
       { id: "gallery2", el: <PhotoGalleryWidget key="gallery2" reverseOrder={true} /> },
     ];
-    for (let i = w.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-      const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
-      [w[i], w[j]] = [w[j], w[i]];
+    let valid = false;
+    while (!valid) {
+      for (let i = w.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+        const j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
+        [w[i], w[j]] = [w[j], w[i]];
+      }
+      valid = true;
+      for (let i = 0; i < w.length - 1; i += 2) {
+        const pair = [w[i].id, w[i + 1]?.id];
+        if (pair.includes("news") && pair.includes("breaking")) {
+          valid = false;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
     }
     return w;
   }, []);