diff --git a/backend/tests/test_optimization.py b/backend/tests/test_optimization.py
index 21dca2d..8471aa8 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_optimization.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_optimization.py
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def test_plan_navigation_finds_future_work_body_despite_nonempty_semantic_hits(s
                                    "page_type": "body", "text": noise.text, "rank": .03}])
     assert any(hit["page"] == 14 and "t0" in hit["target_ids"] for hit in selected["evidence"])
     assert all(hit["page_type"] == "body" for hit in selected["evidence"])
+    assert navigator({**targets[0], "allowed_page_types": ["appendix"]}) == []
 
 
 def test_heading_navigation_supplements_existing_hits_for_custom_labels():
diff --git a/backend/wisegrade/scoring.py b/backend/wisegrade/scoring.py
index a128b78..af66298 100644
--- a/backend/wisegrade/scoring.py
+++ b/backend/wisegrade/scoring.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ def _body_navigator(db, *, course_version_id, project_id, category):
         return None
 
     def navigate(target):
+        if "body" not in target.get("allowed_page_types", ["body"]):
+            return []
         label = normalize_heading(target.get("label") or "")
         if not label:
             return []