diff --git a/neode-ui/mock-backend.js b/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
index 95677b3c..397896b7 100755
--- a/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
+++ b/neode-ui/mock-backend.js
@@ -1016,13 +1016,6 @@ app.get('/app/filebrowser/api/raw/*', (req, res) => {
   }
 })
 
-// =============================================================================
-// AIUI Web Search stub (demo mode — no real search backend)
-// =============================================================================
-app.get('/aiui/api/web-search', (req, res) => {
-  res.json({ results: [] })
-})
-
 // Claude API Proxy (reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY from environment)
 // =============================================================================
 import https from 'https'
@@ -1097,11 +1090,6 @@ app.all('/aiui/api/*', (req, res) => {
   res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not available in demo mode' })
 })
 
-// General /api/ catch-all
-app.all('/api/*', (req, res) => {
-  res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' })
-})
-
 // Health check
 app.get('/health', (req, res) => {
   res.status(200).send('healthy')
diff --git a/neode-ui/vite.config.ts b/neode-ui/vite.config.ts
index dfaac751..a6528c86 100644
--- a/neode-ui/vite.config.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/vite.config.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
           '**/*-1.47mb.mp4',
           '**/bg-*.mp4', // Exclude large background videos from precache
           '**/video-intro.mp4', // Exclude video-intro.mp4 from precache (7MB, cached at runtime)
+          '**/assets/icon/**', // Icons are in includeAssets — don't duplicate in glob precache
         ],
         maximumFileSizeToCacheInBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5MB limit (increased from 2MB)
         skipWaiting: false, // Wait for user to accept update