diff --git a/gearbox/internal/framework/templates/pages/overview.templ b/gearbox/internal/framework/templates/pages/overview.templ
index fd38fa6..f5eb8fa 100644
--- a/gearbox/internal/framework/templates/pages/overview.templ
+++ b/gearbox/internal/framework/templates/pages/overview.templ
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import "github.com/sarg3nt/gearbox/internal/framework/ui"
 import "github.com/sarg3nt/gearbox/internal/framework/templates/components"
 import "fmt"
 
-templ Overview(user *models.User, servers []models.BoxConfig) {
+// Overview is the HAProxy dashboard page. When servers is empty, the
+// emptyReason string is shown in an InfoAlert in place of the per-box
+// tiles — pass "" to use the default "No servers configured" message,
+// or a more specific reason when the page is reached on a deployment
+// that has boxes but none with the HAProxy gear (see issue #112).
+templ Overview(user *models.User, servers []models.BoxConfig, emptyReason string) {
 	@layouts.Base("HAProxy", user, "/haproxy") {
 		<!-- Hidden container for page header content - will be moved to main header via JS.
 		     Title + box selector live in the global header breadcrumb + chip. -->
@@ -57,7 +62,11 @@ templ Overview(user *models.User, servers []models.BoxConfig) {
 		</div>
 
 		if len(servers) == 0 {
-			@components.InfoAlert("No servers configured. Please check your configuration.")
+			if emptyReason != "" {
+				@components.InfoAlert(emptyReason)
+			} else {
+				@components.InfoAlert("No servers configured. Please check your configuration.")
+			}
 		}
 
 		for _, server := range servers {
diff --git a/gearbox/internal/gears/haproxy/handlers.go b/gearbox/internal/gears/haproxy/handlers.go
index 217cd59..99ecf46 100644
--- a/gearbox/internal/gears/haproxy/handlers.go
+++ b/gearbox/internal/gears/haproxy/handlers.go
@@ -21,51 +21,73 @@ func NewHandlers(deps gear.Dependencies) *Handlers {
 }
 
 // OverviewPage serves the HAProxy overview page.
-// If no servers are configured, redirects to the servers settings page.
 //
 // Only servers whose agent probe table reports the haproxy gear as
 // available are rendered — boxes without HAProxy (e.g. a container-mode
 // agent on a TrueNAS host) would otherwise show empty 503-storming
 // stat tiles. See issue #112.
+//
+// Empty-state handling:
+//   - No enabled boxes at all → redirect to /settings/boxes so the
+//     operator can configure one.
+//   - Enabled boxes exist but none advertise the haproxy gear → render
+//     the page with a tailored InfoAlert pointing at the Bx fleet view
+//     and the boxes settings, instead of redirecting (the operator is
+//     on the HAProxy page on purpose; we should explain why it's empty,
+//     not bounce them away from it).
 func (h *Handlers) OverviewPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	servers := h.getHAProxyServers()
+	all, haproxyServers := h.getServerLists()
 
-	// If no servers configured, redirect to servers settings page
-	if len(servers) == 0 {
+	if len(all) == 0 {
 		http.Redirect(w, r, "/settings/boxes", http.StatusSeeOther)
 		return
 	}
 
 	user := h.getUser(r)
-	pages.Overview(user, servers).Render(r.Context(), w) //nolint:errcheck
+	emptyReason := ""
+	if len(haproxyServers) == 0 {
+		emptyReason = "None of your connected boxes report an HAProxy gear. " +
+			"Check the agent's probe table from the Bx fleet view, or add " +
+			"a box that runs HAProxy via Settings → Boxes."
+	}
+	pages.Overview(user, haproxyServers, emptyReason).Render(r.Context(), w) //nolint:errcheck
 }
 
 // StatusGridPage serves the status grid page.
 //
-// Filtered to HAProxy-capable boxes for the same reason as OverviewPage.
+// Same empty-state treatment as OverviewPage: redirect to /settings/boxes
+// only when there are no enabled boxes; otherwise render with the
+// haproxy-capable subset (which may be empty, in which case the template
+// shows its own empty state).
 func (h *Handlers) StatusGridPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	servers := h.getHAProxyServers()
+	all, haproxyServers := h.getServerLists()
 
-	if len(servers) == 0 {
+	if len(all) == 0 {
 		http.Redirect(w, r, "/settings/boxes", http.StatusSeeOther)
 		return
 	}
 
 	user := h.getUser(r)
-	pages.StatusGrid(user, servers).Render(r.Context(), w) //nolint:errcheck
+	pages.StatusGrid(user, haproxyServers).Render(r.Context(), w) //nolint:errcheck
 }
 
-// getHAProxyServers returns the list of enabled servers whose agent
-// reports the haproxy gear available. Fail-open: boxes whose capabilities
-// can't be fetched are still included so a transient agent outage doesn't
-// hide the page entirely.
-func (h *Handlers) getHAProxyServers() []models.BoxConfig {
+// getServerLists returns (allEnabled, haproxyCapable) in one pair of
+// calls so OverviewPage / StatusGridPage can distinguish "no boxes at
+// all" (redirect to settings) from "boxes exist but none have HAProxy"
+// (render the empty-state in place).
+//
+// Fail-open: a box whose capabilities aren't reachable is still counted
+// as haproxy-capable, matching the behavior in
+// ServerAdapter.GetEnabledServersWithGearAvailable.
+func (h *Handlers) getServerLists() (all, haproxyCapable []models.BoxConfig) {
 	serverAdapter, ok := h.deps.Servers.(*services.ServerAdapter)
 	if !ok {
 		h.deps.Logger.Error("failed to get server adapter - unexpected type")
-		return nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
-	return serverAdapter.GetEnabledServersWithGearAvailable("haproxy")
+	all = serverAdapter.GetEnabledServersAsModels()
+	haproxyCapable = serverAdapter.GetEnabledServersWithGearAvailable("haproxy")
+	return all, haproxyCapable
 }
 
 // getUser returns the user from the auth context, or a fallback user.