diff --git a/apps/fedimint/manifest.yml b/apps/fedimint/manifest.yml
index e93fcf0e..f69a7ddc 100644
--- a/apps/fedimint/manifest.yml
+++ b/apps/fedimint/manifest.yml
@@ -63,16 +63,13 @@ app:
         federation itself and cannot hold a browser session.
     # Public launch port 8175 is owned by archy-fedimint-ui, which serves a
     # wait page while Bitcoin syncs and proxies here after fedimintd starts.
-    # Declared HERE because that companion has no manifest of its own, and the
-    # gate keys on the port rather than the container: without this entry it
-    # served the Guardian UI unauthenticated on every interface and never
-    # appeared in the audit. Its nginx is pinned to 127.0.0.1
-    # (docker/fedimint-ui/nginx.conf) so the gate can own the outside.
-    - host: 8175
-      container: 8175
-      protocol: tcp
-      bind: 127.0.0.1
-      auth: gated
+    # 8175 is NOT declared here. It is served by the archy-fedimint-ui
+    # companion, a different container, and declaring it on this app made the
+    # orchestrator try to publish 8175 from fedimintd — colliding with the
+    # companion that already holds it, so start_container failed forever and
+    # fedimint crash-looped (100.82.34.38, 2026-08-05). The companion's nginx
+    # is pinned to 127.0.0.1, which is what actually closes that port; the
+    # gate reports it rather than fronting it.
     - host: 8177
       container: 8175
       protocol: tcp
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/components/InstallVersionModal.vue b/neode-ui/src/components/InstallVersionModal.vue
index 9754b190..99b6a9e9 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/components/InstallVersionModal.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/components/InstallVersionModal.vue
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
   <BaseModal :show="show" title="" max-width="max-w-lg" @close="emit('close')">
     <!-- Header: app icon + "Install Bitcoin Knots/Core" -->
     <div class="flex items-center gap-4 mb-5 -mt-2">
+      <!-- object-contain, not the default fill: app icons are not all square
+           (bitcoin-knots is not), so a fixed 56x56 box distorted or cropped the
+           mark against the rounded corners. Contain plus a dark plate shows the
+           whole icon whatever its aspect ratio. -->
       <img
         v-if="app?.icon"
         :src="app.icon"
         :alt="app?.title || ''"
-        class="w-14 h-14 rounded-xl shadow-lg shrink-0"
+        class="w-14 h-14 rounded-xl shadow-lg shrink-0 object-contain bg-black/40 p-1"
       />
       <div v-else class="w-14 h-14 rounded-xl bg-white/10 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0">
         <svg class="w-7 h-7 text-white/40" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
diff --git a/releases/app-catalog.json b/releases/app-catalog.json
index fce24d79..032664a5 100644
--- a/releases/app-catalog.json
+++ b/releases/app-catalog.json
@@ -1386,13 +1386,6 @@
               "host": 8174,
               "protocol": "tcp"
             },
-            {
-              "auth": "gated",
-              "bind": "127.0.0.1",
-              "container": 8175,
-              "host": 8175,
-              "protocol": "tcp"
-            },
             {
               "auth": "local",
               "bind": "127.0.0.1",
@@ -4898,7 +4891,5 @@
     }
   },
   "schema": 1,
-  "signature": "4c3cb577e6fe3884f4ad918ce3f14a3011ea0e175ab23ea1521a1d04a4f139f53eb86b0617b1183f2e8bbac2b046fe4965ae9f2878ba2cf08bac8262d68d140e",
-  "signed_by": "did:key:z6Mkfu5LT8d4DjETtrkATvHh9Dvcbnr7zBCUwfau8Sw7DLWT",
   "updated": "2026-08-05"
 }