diff --git a/neode-ui/src/api/remote-relay.ts b/neode-ui/src/api/remote-relay.ts
index be04e57a..d6eee450 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/api/remote-relay.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/api/remote-relay.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ export const companionInputActive = ref(false)
 let ws: WebSocket | null = null
 let shouldReconnect = true
 let reconnectTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+// Exponential backoff for the relay socket. It's a secondary feature (companion
+// input), so when the backend is down it must NOT hammer a fixed-interval
+// reconnect — that floods the console/network with failed-WS noise for the whole
+// outage. Back off 1s → 30s, reset on a successful open. (Mirrors websocket.ts.)
+let relayReconnectAttempts = 0
+const RELAY_RECONNECT_BASE_MS = 1000
+const RELAY_RECONNECT_MAX_MS = 30_000
 let cursorEl: HTMLDivElement | null = null
 let companionTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
 let inputFlickerTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
@@ -332,6 +339,7 @@ function doConnect() {
 
   ws.onopen = () => {
     relayConnected.value = true
+    relayReconnectAttempts = 0 // healthy again — reset backoff
     if (import.meta.env.DEV) console.log('[RemoteRelay] Connected')
   }
 
@@ -343,7 +351,12 @@ function doConnect() {
     relayConnected.value = false
     ws = null
     if (shouldReconnect) {
-      reconnectTimer = setTimeout(doConnect, 5000)
+      const delay = Math.min(
+        RELAY_RECONNECT_BASE_MS * 2 ** relayReconnectAttempts,
+        RELAY_RECONNECT_MAX_MS,
+      )
+      relayReconnectAttempts++
+      reconnectTimer = setTimeout(doConnect, delay)
     }
   }
 
@@ -379,6 +392,7 @@ export function requestExternalOpen(url: string): boolean {
 /** Start the remote relay listener. Connects to /ws/remote-relay. */
 export function startRemoteRelay() {
   shouldReconnect = true
+  relayReconnectAttempts = 0
   doConnect()
 }
 
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/discover/curatedApps.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/discover/curatedApps.ts
index 22635d7c..c6fc0fff 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/discover/curatedApps.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/discover/curatedApps.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function getCuratedAppList(): MarketplaceApp[] {
     { id: 'grafana', title: 'Grafana', version: '10.2.0', description: 'Analytics and monitoring platform. Dashboards for your node metrics and system health.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/grafana.png', author: 'Grafana Labs', dockerImage: `${R}/grafana:10.2.0`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/grafana/grafana' },
     { id: 'searxng', title: 'SearXNG', version: '2024.1.0', description: 'Privacy-respecting metasearch engine. Search the internet without being tracked or profiled.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/searxng.png', author: 'SearXNG', dockerImage: `${R}/searxng:latest`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/searxng/searxng' },
     { id: 'ollama', title: 'Ollama', version: '0.5.4', description: 'Run AI models locally. Llama, Mistral, and more — on your hardware, completely private.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/ollama.png', author: 'Ollama', dockerImage: `${R}/ollama:latest`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/ollama/ollama' },
-    { id: 'cryptpad', title: 'CryptPad', version: '2024.12.0', description: 'End-to-end encrypted documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Zero-knowledge collaboration.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/cryptpad.webp', author: 'XWiki SAS', dockerImage: `${R}/cryptpad:2024.12.0`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad' },
+    { id: 'cryptpad', title: 'CryptPad', version: '2024.12.0', description: 'End-to-end encrypted documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Zero-knowledge collaboration.', icon: '/assets/icon/favico-black-v2.svg', author: 'XWiki SAS', dockerImage: `${R}/cryptpad:2024.12.0`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad' },
     { id: 'nextcloud', title: 'Nextcloud', version: '29', description: 'Your own private cloud. File sync, calendars, contacts — all on your hardware.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/nextcloud.webp', author: 'Nextcloud', dockerImage: `${R}/nextcloud:29`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/nextcloud/server' },
     { id: 'vaultwarden', title: 'Vaultwarden', version: '1.30.0', description: 'Self-hosted password vault. Bitwarden-compatible with zero-knowledge encryption.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/vaultwarden.webp', author: 'Vaultwarden', dockerImage: `${R}/vaultwarden:1.30.0-alpine`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden' },
     { id: 'jellyfin', title: 'Jellyfin', version: '10.8.13', description: 'Free media server. Stream your movies, music, and photos to any device.', icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/jellyfin.webp', author: 'Jellyfin', dockerImage: `${R}/jellyfin:10.8.13`, repoUrl: 'https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin' },
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
index 8d343614..668a9dfd 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/marketplace/marketplaceData.ts
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export function getCuratedAppList(): MarketplaceApp[] {
       title: 'CryptPad',
       version: '2024.12.0',
       description: 'End-to-end encrypted documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Zero-knowledge collaboration.',
-      icon: '/assets/img/app-icons/cryptpad.webp',
+      icon: '/assets/icon/favico-black-v2.svg',
       author: 'XWiki SAS',
       dockerImage: `${REGISTRY}/cryptpad:2024.12.0`,
       manifestUrl: undefined,