diff --git a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
index 871bd59..6d8ba86 100644
--- a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ Instructions:
         <div
           ref={dragRef}
           className={cn(
-            'z-[60] touch-none select-none',
+            'z-40 touch-none select-none',
             // Mobile: bottom-left, clear of the bottom nav. Desktop: bottom-RIGHT
             // so the bubble is easy to spot and never hides behind the footer
             // (which is bottom-left on desktop).
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ Instructions:
       {shouldShowPanel && !isMinimized && (
         <div
           className={cn(
-            'fixed z-[60] flex flex-col transition-all duration-300 ease-out',
+            'fixed z-40 flex flex-col transition-all duration-300 ease-out',
             // Mobile: left-anchored, max ~65% width — leaves right side free for Quick Snap + filter pills.
             // Height is bounded to the visible viewport (dvh) with safe-area insets so the
             // header/close button never slide off the top of the screen behind the status bar.
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ Instructions:
               <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 flex-wrap">
                   <span className="font-black text-xs text-[#ccff00] uppercase tracking-wider" style={{ fontFamily: 'Impact, Arial Black, sans-serif' }}>
-                    🦧 Sasquatch
+                    Sasquatch
                   </span>
                   {isPro ? (
                     <span
@@ -1583,9 +1583,9 @@ Instructions:
                         'flex items-center gap-0.5 rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-[8px] font-black uppercase tracking-wider',
                         aiStatus.data.low ? 'bg-amber-500/20 text-amber-400' : 'bg-emerald-500/15 text-emerald-400',
                       )}
-                      title={`Sasquatch AI balance — top up at ${aiStatus.data.provider ?? 'the node'}`}
+                      title={`Sasquatch AI credit balance (owner-only) — top up at ${aiStatus.data.provider ?? 'the node'}`}
                     >
-                      ⚡ {aiStatus.data.balanceSats.toLocaleString()} sats
+                      ⚡ AI {aiStatus.data.balanceSats.toLocaleString()}
                     </span>
                   )}
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/proAuth.ts b/src/lib/proAuth.ts
index fc4326d..54f098b 100644
--- a/src/lib/proAuth.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proAuth.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  *   • `x-sasquatch-auth` — a base64 NIP-98 (kind 27235) event proving the caller;
  *   • `x-sasquatch-pro`  — base64 of the Pro zap receipt proving an active pass.
  *
- * The NIP-98 event is signed ONCE per session and reused, so an interactive
- * signer (Amber) doesn't pop on every message.
+ * The NIP-98 event is signed ONCE and reused for its whole validity window —
+ * persisted to localStorage so an interactive signer (Amber) does not pop again
+ * on every app load. (It expires with the 12 h window the proxy enforces.)
  */
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { sasquatchAiBase } from '@/lib/sasquatchAi';
@@ -23,6 +24,32 @@ type SignEvent = (event: {
 let cachedAuthHeader: string | null = null;
 let cachedAuthPubkey: string | null = null;
 
+/** Persisted NIP-98 auth (keyed to the pubkey, valid while inside the window). */
+const AUTH_STORAGE_KEY = 'skatespots:sasquatch-nip98';
+/** Reuse for 11 h to stay safely inside the proxy's 12 h acceptance window. */
+const AUTH_MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 11 * 3600;
+
+function loadStoredAuth(pubkey: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(AUTH_STORAGE_KEY);
+    if (!raw) return null;
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as { pubkey?: string; header?: string; createdAt?: number };
+    if (parsed?.pubkey !== pubkey || !parsed.header || !parsed.createdAt) return null;
+    if (Math.abs(Date.now() / 1000 - parsed.createdAt) > AUTH_MAX_AGE_SECONDS) return null;
+    return parsed.header;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function storeAuth(pubkey: string, header: string, createdAt: number): void {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(AUTH_STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify({ pubkey, header, createdAt }));
+  } catch {
+    /* private mode — the in-memory cache still works for this session */
+  }
+}
+
 function toBase64(value: string): string {
   // Event JSON is ASCII (hex pubkeys/ids, tags), so btoa is safe here.
   return btoa(value);
@@ -39,17 +66,27 @@ export async function buildProAuthHeaders(opts: {
   if (!pubkey || !signEvent) return headers;
 
   if (cachedAuthPubkey !== pubkey || !cachedAuthHeader) {
-    const event = await signEvent({
-      kind: 27235,
-      created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
-      tags: [
-        ['u', sasquatchAiBase()],
-        ['method', 'POST'],
-      ],
-      content: '',
-    });
-    cachedAuthHeader = toBase64(JSON.stringify(event));
-    cachedAuthPubkey = pubkey;
+    // Reuse a stored signature first — otherwise Amber pops on every app load
+    // for a signer that would happily reuse the same NIP-98 for 12 h.
+    const stored = loadStoredAuth(pubkey);
+    if (stored) {
+      cachedAuthHeader = stored;
+      cachedAuthPubkey = pubkey;
+    } else {
+      const createdAt = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+      const event = await signEvent({
+        kind: 27235,
+        created_at: createdAt,
+        tags: [
+          ['u', sasquatchAiBase()],
+          ['method', 'POST'],
+        ],
+        content: '',
+      });
+      cachedAuthHeader = toBase64(JSON.stringify(event));
+      cachedAuthPubkey = pubkey;
+      storeAuth(pubkey, cachedAuthHeader, createdAt);
+    }
   }
 
   headers['x-sasquatch-auth'] = cachedAuthHeader;
diff --git a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
index f348507..154e21c 100644
--- a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
@@ -1603,7 +1603,11 @@ export default function MapPage() {
         )}
 
         {/* Main Content */}
-        <div className="flex-1 relative">
+        {/* `isolate` creates a stacking context so the map's internal z-indexes
+            (Leaflet panes, our overlays up to z-[2000]) stay INSIDE the map. Without
+            it they competed with the root and the © OpenStreetMap attribution
+            (z-999) painted on top of the Sasquatch panel (z-40). */}
+        <div className="relative isolate flex-1">
           {viewMode === 'map' ? (
             <>
               <Suspense fallback={
@@ -1773,10 +1777,10 @@ export default function MapPage() {
               <div
                 className="absolute left-1.5 z-[999] pointer-events-none bottom-[calc(5rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+0.25rem)] md:bottom-1.5"
               >
-                <div className="bg-black/40 backdrop-blur-sm px-1 py-px rounded text-[8px] text-gray-500/80 leading-none pointer-events-auto">
-                  <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="hover:text-gray-300 transition-colors">© OpenStreetMap</a>
+                <div className="bg-black/55 backdrop-blur-sm px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded text-[9px] font-medium text-gray-200/90 leading-none pointer-events-auto">
+                  <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="hover:text-white transition-colors">© OpenStreetMap</a>
                   {showBtcMap && (
-                    <>{' · '}<a href="https://btcmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="text-[#f7931a]/60 hover:text-[#f7931a] transition-colors">BTC Map</a></>
+                    <>{' · '}<a href="https://btcmap.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="text-[#f7931a] hover:text-[#ffb04d] transition-colors">BTC Map</a></>
                   )}
                 </div>
               </div>