diff --git a/assets/custom.css b/assets/custom.css
index 95bb552..8e0eb2a 100644
--- a/assets/custom.css
+++ b/assets/custom.css
@@ -124,3 +124,13 @@ footer a:hover {
    area the app UI does not cover (e.g. PWA navigation-bar insets) matches. */
 html:not(.dark), html:not(.dark) body { background-color: rgb(234, 243, 234); }
 html.dark, html.dark body { background-color: rgb(34, 39, 31); }
+
+/* ---- PWA safe areas: with viewport-fit=cover the page draws under system
+   bars — the bands then show the theme-correct page background instead of
+   OS-default white, and this padding keeps app content clear of the bars. ---- */
+@media (display-mode: standalone) {
+  #root {
+    padding-top: env(safe-area-inset-top, 0px);
+    padding-bottom: env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0px);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/assets/maskable-icon.png b/assets/maskable-icon.png
index 859759c..d2dfbf6 100644
Binary files a/assets/maskable-icon.png and b/assets/maskable-icon.png differ
diff --git a/patch_index.py b/patch_index.py
index e230846..49fc35a 100644
--- a/patch_index.py
+++ b/patch_index.py
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ if "x-coop-build" not in html:
     marker = '<meta name="x-coop-build" content="{}">'.format(int(time.time()))
     html = html.replace("</title>", "</title>\n    " + marker, 1)
 
+# 3b. PWA chrome: let the page draw under system bars (Android 15 edge-to-edge,
+#     display cutouts, iOS safe areas). The page background is theme-correct
+#     (custom.css), so the top/bottom bands match the app theme; safe-area
+#     padding in custom.css keeps content clear of the bars. Also drop
+#     crossorigin="use-credentials" from the manifest link — Firefox Android
+#     fails to resolve manifest icons on credentialed fetches (blank/missing
+#     launcher icon).
+html = html.replace(
+    "initial-scale=1, interactive-widget=resizes-content",
+    "initial-scale=1, interactive-widget=resizes-content, viewport-fit=cover",
+)
+html = html.replace(
+    '<link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.webmanifest" crossorigin="use-credentials">',
+    '<link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.webmanifest">',
+)
+
 open(PATH, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(html)
 
 # 4. Web manifest identity: co-op name + a 512 icon installable as "any".