diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Overview.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Overview.svelte
index 7dbebee1d9..5e0dd46be1 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Overview.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Overview.svelte
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
 	const nodes = writable([]);
 	const edges = writable([]);
 
+	let layoutDirection = 'vertical';
+
 	const nodeTypes = {
 		custom: CustomNode
 	};
 
 	$: if (history) {
-		drawFlow();
+		drawFlow(layoutDirection);
 	}
 
 	$: if (history && history.currentId) {
@@ -51,11 +53,11 @@
 		selectedMessageId = null;
 	};
 
-	const drawFlow = async () => {
+	const drawFlow = async (direction) => {
 		const nodeList = [];
 		const edgeList = [];
-		const levelOffset = 150; // Vertical spacing between layers
-		const siblingOffset = 250; // Horizontal spacing between nodes at the same layer
+		const levelOffset = direction === 'vertical' ? 150 : 300;
+		const siblingOffset = direction === 'vertical' ? 250 : 150;
 
 		// Map to keep track of node positions at each level
 		let positionMap = new Map();
@@ -84,9 +86,8 @@
 		// Adjust positions based on siblings count to centralize vertical spacing
 		Object.keys(history.messages).forEach((id) => {
 			const pos = positionMap.get(id);
-			const xOffset = pos.position * siblingOffset;
-			const y = pos.level * levelOffset;
-			const x = xOffset;
+			const x = direction === 'vertical' ? pos.position * siblingOffset : pos.level * levelOffset;
+			const y = direction === 'vertical' ? pos.level * levelOffset : pos.position * siblingOffset;
 
 			nodeList.push({
 				id: pos.id,
@@ -126,8 +127,13 @@
 		);
 	};
 
+	const setLayoutDirection = (direction) => {
+		layoutDirection = direction;
+		drawFlow(layoutDirection);
+	};
+
 	onMount(() => {
-		drawFlow();
+		drawFlow(layoutDirection);
 
 		nodesInitialized.subscribe(async (initialized) => {
 			if (initialized) {
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@
 			{nodes}
 			{nodeTypes}
 			{edges}
+			{setLayoutDirection}
 			on:nodeclick={(e) => {
 				console.log(e.detail.node.data);
 				dispatch('nodeclick', e.detail);
diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Overview/Flow.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Overview/Flow.svelte
index f7ff307567..4eeb497f63 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Overview/Flow.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Overview/Flow.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@
 	const dispatch = createEventDispatcher();
 
 	import { theme } from '$lib/stores';
-	import { Background, Controls, SvelteFlow, BackgroundVariant } from '@xyflow/svelte';
+	import {
+		Background,
+		Controls,
+		SvelteFlow,
+		BackgroundVariant,
+		ControlButton
+	} from '@xyflow/svelte';
+	import BarsArrowUp from '$lib/components/icons/BarsArrowUp.svelte';
+	import Bars3BottomLeft from '$lib/components/icons/Bars3BottomLeft.svelte';
 
 	export let nodes;
 	export let nodeTypes;
 	export let edges;
+	export let setLayoutDirection;
 </script>
 
 <SvelteFlow
@@ -31,6 +40,13 @@
 		console.log('Flow initialized');
 	}}
 >
-	<Controls showLock={false} />
+	<Controls showLock={false}>
+		<ControlButton on:click={() => setLayoutDirection('vertical')} title="Vertical Layout">
+			<BarsArrowUp class="size-4" />
+		</ControlButton>
+		<ControlButton on:click={() => setLayoutDirection('horizontal')} title="Horizontal Layout">
+			<Bars3BottomLeft class="size-4" />
+		</ControlButton>
+	</Controls>
 	<Background variant={BackgroundVariant.Dots} />
-</SvelteFlow>
+</SvelteFlow>
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