diff --git a/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx b/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
index 9e31bfc..668f202 100644
--- a/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ const SightingModal = ({ isSightingModalOpen, handleClose, sighting, onDelete }:
   const { dispatch } = useAlertHitContext();
   const { query, mutation } = useCameraBlackboard();
 
-  const hotlistName = getHotlistName(sighting?.metadata?.hotlistMatches);
-
+  const hotlistNames = getHotlistName(sighting?.metadata?.hotlistMatches);
   const handleAcknowledgeButton = () => {
     try {
       if (!sighting) {
@@ -117,16 +116,6 @@ const SightingModal = ({ isSightingModalOpen, handleClose, sighting, onDelete }:
             <div className="flex flex-col md:flex-row gap-3 items-center">
               <NumberPlate vrm={sighting?.vrm} motion={motionAway} />
               <img src={sighting?.plateUrlColour} alt="plate patch" className="h-16 object-contain rounded-md" />
-              {hotlistName && (
-                <div>
-                  <p className="text-gray-300">Hotlist</p>
-                  <div className="items-center px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-sm me-2 bg-amber-500">
-                    <p className="font-medium text-2xl break-all text-amber-800">
-                      {hotlistName ? hotlistName[0].replace(/\.csv$/i, "") : "-"}
-                    </p>
-                  </div>
-                </div>
-              )}
             </div>
 
             {isHotListHit && <img src={HotListImg} alt="hotlistHit" className="h-20 object-contain rounded-md" />}
@@ -134,6 +123,20 @@ const SightingModal = ({ isSightingModalOpen, handleClose, sighting, onDelete }:
             {isNPEDHitB && <img src={NPED_CAT_B} alt="hotlistHit" className="h-20 object-contain rounded-md" />}
             {isNPEDHitC && <img src={NPED_CAT_C} alt="hotlistHit" className="h-20 object-contain rounded-md" />}
           </div>
+          {hotlistNames && (
+            <div className="flex flex-col border-b border-gray-600 mb-4">
+              <p className="text-gray-300">Hotlists</p>
+              <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-x-[90%] lg:gap-x-[15%] w-[50%]">
+                {hotlistNames.map((hotlistName) => (
+                  <div className="items-center px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-sm me-2 bg-amber-500 w-55 m-2">
+                    <p className="font-medium text-2xl break-all text-amber-800">
+                      {hotlistName ? hotlistName?.replace(/\.csv$/i, "") : "-"}
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          )}
           <div className="flex flex-col lg:flex-row items-center gap-3">
             <img
               src={sighting?.overviewUrl}
diff --git a/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx b/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
index 28c2182..e093748 100644
--- a/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import type { ReducedSightingType, SightingType } from "../../types/types";
+import type { HitKind, QueuedHit, ReducedSightingType, SightingType } from "../../types/types";
 import { BLANK_IMG, getSoundFileURL } from "../../utils/utils";
 import NumberPlate from "../PlateStack/NumberPlate";
 import Card from "../UI/Card";
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type SightingHistoryProps = {
 };
 
 export default function SightingHistoryWidget({ className, title }: SightingHistoryProps) {
+  const [modalQueue, setModalQueue] = useState<QueuedHit[]>([]);
   useNow(1000);
   const { state } = useSoundContext();
 
@@ -78,6 +79,14 @@ export default function SightingHistoryWidget({ className, title }: SightingHist
   const hasAutoOpenedRef = useRef(false);
   const npedRef = useRef(false);
 
+  const enqueue = useCallback((sighting: SightingType, kind: HitKind) => {
+    const id = sighting.vrm ?? sighting.ref;
+    if (processedRefs.current.has(id)) return;
+    processedRefs.current.add(id);
+
+    setModalQueue((q) => [...q, { id, sighting, kind }]);
+  }, []);
+
   const reduceObject = (obj: SightingType): ReducedSightingType => {
     return {
       vrm: obj.vrm,
@@ -113,26 +122,15 @@ export default function SightingHistoryWidget({ className, title }: SightingHist
       const id = sighting.vrm;
 
       if (processedRefs.current.has(id)) continue;
-      const isHot = checkIsHotListHit(sighting);
-      const cat = sighting?.metadata?.npedJSON?.["NPED CATEGORY"];
+      const isHotlistHit = checkIsHotListHit(sighting);
+      const npedcategory = sighting?.metadata?.npedJSON?.["NPED CATEGORY"];
+      const isNPED = npedcategory === "A" || npedcategory === "B" || npedcategory === "C";
 
-      if (cat === "A" || cat === "B" || cat === "C") {
-        npedSound();
-        setSelectedSighting(sighting);
-        setSightingModalOpen(true);
-        processedRefs.current.add(id);
-        break; // stop after one new open per render cycle
-      }
-
-      if (isHot) {
-        hotlistsound();
-        setSelectedSighting(sighting);
-        setSightingModalOpen(true);
-        processedRefs.current.add(id);
-        break;
+      if (isNPED || isHotlistHit) {
+        enqueue(sighting, isNPED ? "NPED" : "HOTLIST"); // enqueue ONLY
       }
     }
-  }, [rows, hotlistsound, npedSound, setSightingModalOpen, setSelectedSighting]);
+  }, [rows, enqueue]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     rows?.forEach((obj) => {
@@ -165,22 +163,33 @@ export default function SightingHistoryWidget({ className, title }: SightingHist
     });
 
     if (firstNPED) {
-      setSelectedSighting(firstNPED);
-      npedSound();
-      setSightingModalOpen(true);
+      enqueue(firstNPED, "NPED");
+
       npedRef.current = true;
     }
 
     if (firstHot) {
-      setSelectedSighting(firstHot);
-      hotlistsound();
-      setSightingModalOpen(true);
+      enqueue(firstHot, "HOTLIST");
+
       hasAutoOpenedRef.current = true;
     }
-  }, [hotlistsound, npedSound, setSelectedSighting]);
+  }, [enqueue, hotlistsound, npedSound, rows, setSelectedSighting, setSightingModalOpen]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isSightingModalOpen && modalQueue.length > 0) {
+      const next = modalQueue[0];
+
+      if (next.kind === "NPED") npedSound();
+      else hotlistsound();
+
+      setSelectedSighting(next.sighting);
+      setSightingModalOpen(true);
+    }
+  }, [isSightingModalOpen, npedSound, hotlistsound, setSelectedSighting, setSightingModalOpen, modalQueue]);
 
   const handleClose = () => {
     setSightingModalOpen(false);
+    setModalQueue((q) => q.slice(1));
   };
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/src/types/types.ts b/src/types/types.ts
index 72a2369..504ae90 100644
--- a/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.ts
@@ -371,3 +371,11 @@ export type ModemSettingsType = {
   password: string;
   authenticationType: string;
 };
+
+export type HitKind = "NPED" | "HOTLIST";
+
+export type QueuedHit = {
+  id: number | string;
+  sighting: SightingType;
+  kind: HitKind;
+};
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index dc164e9..537853e 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -147,10 +147,12 @@ export const checkIsHotListHit = (sigthing: SightingType | null) => {
 };
 
 export function getHotlistName(obj: HotlistMatches | undefined) {
-  if (!obj || Object.values(obj).includes(false)) return;
+  if (!obj) return;
 
-  const keys = Object.keys(obj);
-  return keys;
+  const hotlistNames = Object.entries(obj)
+    .filter(([, value]) => value === true)
+    .map(([key]) => key);
+  return hotlistNames;
 }
 
 export const getNPEDCategory = (r?: SightingType | null) =>