diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.tsx b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
index 70ad69a..0cb589a 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -492,6 +492,13 @@ export default function Home() {
       }
     }
 
+    if (4 < totalRows) {
+      const rowStart = 4 * 4;
+      if (items[rowStart + 1] && items[rowStart + 1].type === "article") {
+        items[rowStart + 1] = { type: "ad", key: `ad-${adCount++}` };
+      }
+    }
+
     return items;
   }, [shuffled, widgets]);