diff --git a/web/dashboard.css b/web/dashboard.css
index 9984ae5..089d584 100644
--- a/web/dashboard.css
+++ b/web/dashboard.css
@@ -220,3 +220,5 @@
 .mrow .m-name { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; }
 .bk-row-desc.with-logo { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
 .lx-desc .lx-logo-wrap { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
+.mlogo-cat { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border-radius: 6px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.06); vertical-align: middle; flex: none; }
+.mlogo-cat img { display: block; }
diff --git a/web/dashboard.js b/web/dashboard.js
index 587442d..fab5476 100644
--- a/web/dashboard.js
+++ b/web/dashboard.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     merch.forEach(([name, d], i) => {
       const cat = window.MT.spendCategory(d.txns[0].description);
       const row = document.createElement('div'); row.className = 'mrow';
-      const logo = window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(name, 22) : '';
+      const logo = window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(name, 22, {category: cat}) : '';
       row.innerHTML = `<span class="m-rank">${i + 1}</span><span class="m-name">${logo}<span>${esc(name)}<span class="m-cat">${esc(cat)}</span></span></span><span class="m-cnt">${d.txns.length}×</span><span class="m-amt">${window.MT.CLPk(d.value)}</span>`;
       row.addEventListener('mousemove', e => window.MTtip.rows(e, name, col.spend(), d.txns));
       row.addEventListener('mouseleave', () => window.MTtip.hide());
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
       section.className = 'bk-section';
       const rowsHtml = descs.slice(0, 30).map(([desc, d]) => {
         const cpct = Math.round(d.value / catData.value * 100);
-        const blogo = window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(desc, 18) : "";
+        const blogo = window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(desc, 18, {category: catName}) : "";
         return `<div class="bk-row">
           <span class="bk-row-desc with-logo">${blogo}<span>${esc(desc)}</span></span>
           <span class="bk-row-cnt">${d.txns.length}×</span>
diff --git a/web/dashboard2.js b/web/dashboard2.js
index ad44dae..7ebdb14 100644
--- a/web/dashboard2.js
+++ b/web/dashboard2.js
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
       const shown = rows.slice(0, st.limit);
       $('#lx-rows').innerHTML = shown.map(t => `
         <tr><td class="lx-date">${t.date}</td>
-        <td class="lx-desc"><span class="lx-logo-wrap">${window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(t.description || t.counterparty || '', 18) : ''}<span>${esc(t.description || t.counterparty || '—')}</span></span></td>
+        <td class="lx-desc"><span class="lx-logo-wrap">${window.MTlogo ? window.MTlogo.html(t.description || t.counterparty || '', 18, {flowType: t.flow_type}) : ''}<span>${esc(t.description || t.counterparty || '—')}</span></span></td>
         <td style="white-space:nowrap;color:var(--ink-mute)">${esc(t.bank)} <span class="lx-pdf">${MT.acctShort(t.doc_type)}${t.last4 ? ' ··' + t.last4 : ''}</span></td>
         <td><span class="lx-flow-tag"><i style="background:${FLOW_C[t.flow_type] || col.mute()}"></i>${FLOW_LABEL[t.flow_type] || t.flow_type}</span></td>
         <td class="r lx-amt ${t.direction === 'credit' ? 'cr' : 'db'}">${t.direction === 'credit' ? '+' : '−'}${CLP(t.amount)}</td></tr>`).join('');
diff --git a/web/logos.js b/web/logos.js
index a38bda7..084164c 100644
--- a/web/logos.js
+++ b/web/logos.js
@@ -76,16 +76,46 @@
     const ch=(m||desc||'?').replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/g,'').charAt(0).toUpperCase();
     return ch||'?';
   }
-  // returns an HTML string: a brand logo <img> with initial fallback, or just the initial chip
-  function html(desc, size){
+  // ---- category fallback via Twemoji (jdecked fork) ----
+  const TW = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/jdecked/twemoji@15.1.0/assets/svg/';
+  const CATEGORY_ICON = {
+    'Debt & loans':'1f4b3','Cash withdrawals':'1f3e7','Utilities & bills':'1f4a1',
+    'Groceries':'1f6d2','Food & dining':'1f354','Fuel & transport':'26fd',
+    'Health & pharmacy':'1f48a','Subscriptions & web':'1f4bb','Shopping & retail':'1f6cd',
+    'Government & docs':'1f3db','Wallets & online':'1f4f1','Fees & interest':'1f3e6',
+    'Other purchases':'1f9fe'
+  };
+  const FLOW_ICON = { income:'1f4b0', inter_in:'1f4b8', inter_out:'1f4b8',
+    self_transfer:'1f501', card_payment:'1f4b3', credit_line:'1f3e6', fee:'1f3e6' };
+  function emojiImg(cp, size){
+    const inner = Math.round(size*0.62);
+    return '<span class="mlogo mlogo-cat" style="width:'+size+'px;height:'+size+'px">'+
+           '<img src="'+TW+cp+'.svg" width="'+inner+'" height="'+inner+'" loading="lazy" alt=""></span>';
+  }
+  function categoryFor(desc, opts){
+    opts = opts||{};
+    if(opts.flowType && opts.flowType!=='expense' && FLOW_ICON[opts.flowType]) return FLOW_ICON[opts.flowType];
+    let cat = opts.category;
+    if(!cat && window.MT && window.MT.spendCategory) cat = window.MT.spendCategory(desc);
+    if(cat && CATEGORY_ICON[cat]) return CATEGORY_ICON[cat];
+    return null;
+  }
+  function initChip(desc, size){
+    return '<span class="mlogo mlogo-fb" style="width:'+size+'px;height:'+size+'px;background:'+colorOf(desc||'')+'">'+esc(initialOf(desc))+'</span>';
+  }
+  // returns an HTML string: brand logo, else category emoji, else coloured initial.
+  function html(desc, size, opts){
     size = size||22;
     const b = brandOf(desc);
-    const key = b ? b.domain : (desc||'');
-    const init = b ? b.name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() : initialOf(desc);
-    const fb = '<span class="mlogo mlogo-fb" style="width:'+size+'px;height:'+size+'px;background:'+colorOf(key)+'">'+esc(init)+'</span>';
-    if(!b) return fb;
-    const url='https://cdn.brandfetch.io/'+b.domain+'/w/'+(size*2)+'/h/'+(size*2)+'?c='+CLIENT_ID;
-    return '<img class="mlogo" src="'+url+'" width="'+size+'" height="'+size+'" loading="lazy" alt="'+esc(b.name)+'" title="'+esc(b.name)+'" data-fb="'+esc(fb)+'" onerror="this.outerHTML=this.getAttribute(&quot;data-fb&quot;)">';
+    if(b){
+      const url='https://cdn.brandfetch.io/'+b.domain+'/w/'+(size*2)+'/h/'+(size*2)+'?c='+CLIENT_ID;
+      const cp = categoryFor(desc, opts);
+      const fb = cp ? emojiImg(cp, size) : initChip(desc, size);
+      return '<img class="mlogo" src="'+url+'" width="'+size+'" height="'+size+'" loading="lazy" alt="'+esc(b.name)+'" title="'+esc(b.name)+'" data-fb="'+esc(fb)+'" onerror="this.outerHTML=this.getAttribute(&quot;data-fb&quot;)">';
+    }
+    const cp = categoryFor(desc, opts);
+    if(cp) return emojiImg(cp, size);
+    return initChip(desc, size);
   }
   window.MTlogo = { html, brandOf };
 })();