diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.stories.ts b/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.stories.ts
index f9c2b4398..2dbd9343d 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.stories.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.stories.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const Default: Story = {
     nodeType: 'CheckpointLoaderSimple',
     inputName: 'ckpt_name',
     currentValue: '',
-    showLeftPanel: undefined
+    showLeftPanel: false
   },
   render: (args) => ({
     components: { AssetBrowserModal },
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.vue b/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.vue
index e86ec42c4..b17b5b0e6 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.vue
+++ b/src/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.vue
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import type { AssetDisplayItem } from '@/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBro
 import type { AssetItem } from '@/platform/assets/schemas/assetSchema'
 
 import { useAssetBrowser } from '../composables/useAssetBrowser'
-import { mockAssets } from '../fixtures/ui-mock-assets'
 import AssetGrid from './AssetGrid.vue'
 
 // Props
@@ -65,9 +64,6 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
   close: []
 }>()
 
-// Use provided assets or fallback to mock data
-const assetsToUse = props.assets !== undefined ? props.assets : mockAssets
-
 // Use AssetBrowser composable for all business logic
 const {
   searchQuery,
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ const {
   contentTitle,
   filteredAssets,
   selectAsset
-} = useAssetBrowser(assetsToUse)
+} = useAssetBrowser(props.assets)
 
 // Dialog controls panel visibility via prop
 const shouldShowLeftPanel = computed(() => {
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBrowserDialog.stories.ts b/src/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBrowserDialog.stories.ts
index 784edafb9..e0095b619 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBrowserDialog.stories.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/composables/useAssetBrowserDialog.stories.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/vue3-vite'
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 
-import AssetBrowserModal from '../components/AssetBrowserModal.vue'
+import AssetBrowserModal from '@/platform/assets/components/AssetBrowserModal.vue'
+import { mockAssets } from '@/platform/assets/fixtures/ui-mock-assets'
 
 // Component that simulates the useAssetBrowserDialog functionality with working close
 const DialogDemoComponent = {
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ const DialogDemoComponent = {
       handleOpenDialog,
       handleOpenWithCurrentValue,
       handleCloseDialog,
-      handleAssetSelected
+      handleAssetSelected,
+      mockAssets
     }
   },
   template: `
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ const DialogDemoComponent = {
       >
         <div class="w-[80vw] h-[80vh] max-w-[80vw] max-h-[80vh] rounded-2xl overflow-hidden">
           <AssetBrowserModal
+            :assets="mockAssets"
             :node-type="currentNodeType"
             :input-name="currentInputName"
             :current-value="currentValue"