diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/CommonRequirementEnumeration/commonRequirementEnumeration.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/CommonRequirementEnumeration/commonRequirementEnumeration.scss
index 2c92d5c5c..f650ccd28 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/CommonRequirementEnumeration/commonRequirementEnumeration.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/CommonRequirementEnumeration/commonRequirementEnumeration.scss
@@ -72,3 +72,21 @@
   }
 
 }
+
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  .cre-page {
+    padding: 1rem; /* Reduce from 30px to prevent content touching edges */
+
+    &__description {
+      width: 100%; /* Expand from 50% - too narrow on small screens */
+    }
+
+    &__heading {
+      font-size: 1.5rem; /* Reduce from 2rem - oversized on mobile */
+    }
+
+    &__sub-heading {
+      font-size: 1rem; /* Reduce from 1.2rem - proportional for mobile */
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/Explorer/explorer.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/Explorer/explorer.scss
index dae6bf27a..384671509 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/Explorer/explorer.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/Explorer/explorer.scss
@@ -110,3 +110,18 @@ main#explorer-content {
     flex-direction: column;
   }
 }
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  main#explorer-content {
+    padding: 1rem; /* Reduce from 30px to prevent content touching edges */
+
+    .search-field {
+      input {
+        width: 100%; /* Expand from fixed 320px - overflows on small screens */
+      }
+    }
+
+    .item {
+      margin: 4px 4px 4px 1rem; /* Reduce from 40px left margin on mobile */
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/GapAnalysis/GapAnalysis.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/GapAnalysis/GapAnalysis.scss
index d15bf0089..feccf0672 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/GapAnalysis/GapAnalysis.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/GapAnalysis/GapAnalysis.scss
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ main#gap-analysis {
     }
   }
 }
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  main#gap-analysis {
+    padding: 1rem; /* Reduce from 30px to prevent content touching edges */
+  }
+}
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/Search/components/SearchBar.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/Search/components/SearchBar.scss
index a30781246..4800c4a37 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/Search/components/SearchBar.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/Search/components/SearchBar.scss
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
   }
   input {
     padding: 0.5rem 1rem 0.5rem 2.5rem;
-    width: 16rem;
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 16rem;
 
     background-color: rgba(var(--card-rgb), 0.5); /* tiny bump */
     border: 1px solid rgba(102, 157, 246, 0.267); /* slightly brighter sky blue */
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@
   .search-error {
     margin-top: 0.25rem;
     font-size: 0.75rem;
-    color: #f87171; // red-400
+    color: #f87171; /* red-400 */
   }
 }
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/Standard/standard.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/Standard/standard.scss
index caa635923..e7c6496e6 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/Standard/standard.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/Standard/standard.scss
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@
       word-break: break-word;
   }
 }
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  .standard-page {
+    padding: 1rem; /* Reduce from 30px to prevent content touching edges */
+
+    &__heading {
+      font-size: 1.5rem; /* Reduce from 2rem - oversized on mobile */
+    }
+
+    &__sub-heading {
+      font-size: 1rem; /* Reduce from 1.2rem - proportional for mobile */
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/pages/chatbot/chatbot.scss b/application/frontend/src/pages/chatbot/chatbot.scss
index 0d0d2f501..efd733b3a 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/pages/chatbot/chatbot.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/pages/chatbot/chatbot.scss
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ h1.ui.header.chatbot-title {
 
   margin-top: 1rem;
   background-color: #daebdb;
-  // background: transparent;
+/* background: transparent; */
   border: 1px solid rgb(190, 214, 232);
   padding: 0.75rem;
   border-radius: 12px;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ h1.ui.header.chatbot-title {
   flex-direction: column;
   height: 100%;
 
-  background: #fcfcfa; // same palette as input
+ background: #fcfcfa; /* same palette as input */
   backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
 
   border-radius: 18px;
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/scaffolding/Header/header.scss b/application/frontend/src/scaffolding/Header/header.scss
index 50cf72531..3e51fc316 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/scaffolding/Header/header.scss
+++ b/application/frontend/src/scaffolding/Header/header.scss
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@
     width: 10rem;
     display: block;
   }
+
+  @media (max-width: 767px) {
+    margin-left: 1rem;
+    img {
+      width: auto;
+      max-width: 7rem;
+      height: 3rem;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .navbar__desktop-links {
@@ -322,3 +331,17 @@
     display: block;
   }
 }
+
+.sr-only {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 1px;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: -1px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
+  clip-path: inset(50%);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  border: 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/application/static/assets/scss/pixel/layout/_navbar.scss b/application/static/assets/scss/pixel/layout/_navbar.scss
index 6412eab7c..276b23ed0 100644
--- a/application/static/assets/scss/pixel/layout/_navbar.scss
+++ b/application/static/assets/scss/pixel/layout/_navbar.scss
@@ -444,3 +444,28 @@
         animation: hide-navbar-collapse .2s ease forwards;
     }
 }
+/* Fix Navbar Logo Overflow & Mobile Padding (Issue #691) */
+@media (max-width: 767px) {
+    .navbar-brand {
+        img {
+            height: 2.5rem;           /* Shrink from ~10rem equivalent / 40px base */
+            width: auto;
+            max-width: 8rem;          /* Prevent overflow on small screens */
+        }
+        margin-left: 1rem !important; /* Reduce left margin from 4rem */
+        margin-right: 1rem;           /* Balance spacing */
+    }
+
+    .navbar-main {
+        padding: 0.5rem 1rem;     /* Add mobile padding to main navbar to avoid edge-touching */
+    }
+
+    .nav-item {
+        margin-left: 0.5rem;      /* Reduce item spacing on mobile for better fit */
+        margin-right: 0.5rem;
+    }
+
+    .navbar-toggler {
+        margin-right: 0.5rem;     /* Better touch target & spacing */
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/utils/gap_analysis.py b/application/utils/gap_analysis.py
index da2bc246e..9e3dab04d 100644
--- a/application/utils/gap_analysis.py
+++ b/application/utils/gap_analysis.py
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ def schedule(standards: List[str], database):
     logger.info(f"Gap analysis result for {standards_hash} does not exist")
 
     conn = redis.connect()
+    if conn is None:
+        logger.error(
+            "Redis is not available. Please run 'make start-containers' first."
+        )
+        return {
+            "error": "Redis is not available. Please run 'make start-containers' first."
+        }
     gap_analysis_results = conn.get(standards_hash)
     if (
         gap_analysis_results
diff --git a/docs/developmentSetup.md b/docs/developmentSetup.md
index ae0fda6a5..501f8f322 100644
--- a/docs/developmentSetup.md
+++ b/docs/developmentSetup.md
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ You can run `make migrate-upgrade` first and then `make upstream-sync`
 
 ## Running locally
 
+First, start the required services (Redis and Neo4j) with:
+
+`make start-containers`
+
 You can run the backend with `make dev-flask`. At the time of writing the backend URL is `http://localhost:5000` by default.
 
 You can run the frontend with `yarn start`. This should open a browser tab at the application's front page and also automatically reload the page whenever changes are detected. At the time of writing the frontend URL is `http://localhost:9001` by default.