diff --git a/public/images/user-location.png b/public/images/user-location.png
deleted file mode 100644
index a785ca7..0000000
Binary files a/public/images/user-location.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
index c20d8f8..b27c80b 100644
--- a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ const createShopIcon = () => L.divIcon({
 // with a pulsing accuracy halo (Google-Maps-style, brand-flavored).
 const createUserLocationIcon = () => {
   // BASE_URL resolves correctly for both web ('/') and the Capacitor APK ('./').
-  const logoUrl = `${import.meta.env.BASE_URL}images/user-location.png`;
+  // Reuse the small (~24 KB) brand logo for the marker instead of the old
+  // 2.9 MB user-location.png — same artwork, ~99% smaller payload.
+  const logoUrl = `${import.meta.env.BASE_URL}images/logo.png`;
   return L.divIcon({
     className: 'user-location-marker',
     html: `
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 731ad78..dd04b5a 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,20 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
           if (id.includes('leaflet') || id.includes('ngeohash')) {
             return 'vendor-map';
           }
+          // Media — hls.js is large (~500KB) and only used by the radio/video
+          // players. Split it so the map homepage never downloads it.
+          if (id.includes('hls.js')) {
+            return 'vendor-media';
+          }
+          // QR scanning — html5-qrcode (~300KB) is only used in wallet/scan
+          // flows; keep it out of the initial payload.
+          if (id.includes('html5-qrcode') || id.includes('qrcode')) {
+            return 'vendor-qr';
+          }
+          // Charts — recharts (~400KB) is only used on stats pages.
+          if (id.includes('recharts') || id.includes('d3-')) {
+            return 'vendor-charts';
+          }
           // Nostr core — changes infrequently, worth caching separately
           if (id.includes('nostr-tools') || id.includes('@nostrify') || id.includes('@noble')) {
             return 'vendor-nostr';