diff --git a/client/src/components/CurrentWeather.vue b/client/src/components/CurrentWeather.vue
index 522169b..00d7c3b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/CurrentWeather.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/CurrentWeather.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import Loading from '@/components/Loading.vue';
 import {inject, onMounted, ref} from 'vue';
-import {api} from '../services/api';
+import {api, BASE} from '../services/api';
 
 const data = ref<any>();
 const openGraph = inject<(key: string) => void>('openGraph');
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 		<div class="flex-r align-items-center justify-between">
 			<div v-if="!data" class="pos-rel br-2 overflow-hidden" style="width: 75px; height: 50px"><Loading/></div>
 			<div v-else class="flex-c justify-center align-items-center mx-3">
-				<img :src="'https://openweathermap.org/img/wn/' + data.icon + '@2x.png'" class="today-icon" alt="weather" />
+				<img :src="BASE + '/api/icon/' + data.icon" class="today-icon" alt="weather" />
 				<div class="today-label">{{ data.label }}</div>
 			</div>
 			<div class="flex-r align-items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/client/src/components/ForecastStrip.vue b/client/src/components/ForecastStrip.vue
index e1930ec..b9c8f94 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ForecastStrip.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/ForecastStrip.vue
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 		<div v-if="days?.length" class="strip">
 			<div v-for="d in days" class="day">
 				<div class="day-name">{{ formatDate('ddd, MMM D', d.time) }}</div>
-				<img :src="BASE + d.icon" class="day-icon" :alt="(d.label?.toString() || '')" />
+				<img :src="BASE + '/api/icon/' + d.icon" class="day-icon" :alt="(d.label?.toString() || '')" />
 				<div class="day-label">{{ d.label }}</div>
 				<div class="day-temps">
 					<span>↑{{ ~~(d.temperature_max) + '°' || '—' }}</span>
diff --git a/client/src/components/HourlyForecast.vue b/client/src/components/HourlyForecast.vue
index 060b1eb..f00fa20 100644
--- a/client/src/components/HourlyForecast.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/HourlyForecast.vue
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 				<template v-if="hours?.length">
 					<div v-for="h in hours" class="hour-row">
 						<span class="hour-time">{{ formatDate('h A', h.time) }}</span>
-						<img :src="BASE + h.icon" class="hour-icon" :alt="h.label?.toString() || ''" />
+						<img :src="BASE + '/api/icon/' + h.icon" class="hour-icon" :alt="h.label?.toString() || ''" />
 						<span class="hour-label">{{ h.label }}</span>
 						<div class="hour-meta">
 							<span>🌧️ {{ (h.precipitation as any || 0).toFixed(1) }}mm</span>
diff --git a/server/public/icons/01d.png b/server/public/icons/01d.png
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index ed42ad9..0000000
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/01n.png b/server/public/icons/01n.png
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/02d.png b/server/public/icons/02d.png
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index fabd9c3..0000000
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/02n.png b/server/public/icons/02n.png
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index 288a40e..0000000
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/04d.png b/server/public/icons/04d.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c64ea8..0000000
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/04n.png b/server/public/icons/04n.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c64ea8..0000000
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diff --git a/server/public/icons/09d.png b/server/public/icons/09d.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f14cb6..0000000
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diff --git a/server/src/forecast.mjs b/server/src/forecast.mjs
index 708b0a2..3090e38 100644
--- a/server/src/forecast.mjs
+++ b/server/src/forecast.mjs
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ export async function get24HourForecast(currentSensors) {
 		};
 
 		Object.assign(snapshot, getWeatherCondition(snapshot));
-		snapshot.icon = `/icons/${snapshot.icon}.png`;
 		return snapshot;
 	});
 
diff --git a/server/src/openmeteo.mjs b/server/src/openmeteo.mjs
index 56967c6..61eeb6d 100644
--- a/server/src/openmeteo.mjs
+++ b/server/src/openmeteo.mjs
@@ -33,17 +33,6 @@ const OWM_ICONS = {
   95: '11d', 96: '11d', 99: '11d',
 }
 
-async function ensureIcon(code) {
-  const owmCode  = OWM_ICONS[code] || '01d'
-  const filename = `${owmCode}.png`
-  const filepath = resolve(ICON_DIR, filename)
-  if (!existsSync(filepath)) {
-    const res = await fetch(`https://openweathermap.org/img/wn/${owmCode}@2x.png`)
-    await pipeline(res.body, createWriteStream(filepath))
-  }
-  return `/icons/${filename}`
-}
-
 async function cachedFetch(key, url) {
   const now = Date.now()
   if (CACHE[key] && now - CACHE[key].ts < CACHE_MS) return CACHE[key].data
diff --git a/server/src/openweather.mjs b/server/src/openweather.mjs
index c8148d5..3c53aef 100644
--- a/server/src/openweather.mjs
+++ b/server/src/openweather.mjs
@@ -1,48 +1,22 @@
 import {existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs';
 import {resolve, dirname} from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
 
-const DIR = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), 'public', 'icons');
+const DIR = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../data/icons');
 
-export const WMO = {
-	0: {label: 'Clear Sky', icon: '01d'},
-	1: {label: 'Mainly Clear', icon: '01d'},
-	2: {label: 'Partly Cloudy', icon: '02d'},
-	3: {label: 'Overcast', icon: '04d'},
-	45: {label: 'Fog', icon: '50d'},
-	48: {label: 'Icy Fog', icon: '50d'},
-	51: {label: 'Light Drizzle', icon: '09d'},
-	53: {label: 'Drizzle', icon: '09d'},
-	55: {label: 'Heavy Drizzle', icon: '09d'},
-	61: {label: 'Light Rain', icon: '10d'},
-	63: {label: 'Rain', icon: '10d'},
-	65: {label: 'Heavy Rain', icon: '10d'},
-	71: {label: 'Light Snow', icon: '13d'},
-	73: {label: 'Snow', icon: '13d'},
-	75: {label: 'Heavy Snow', icon: '13d'},
-	77: {label: 'Snow Grains', icon: '13d'},
-	80: {label: 'Light Showers', icon: '09d'},
-	81: {label: 'Showers', icon: '09d'},
-	82: {label: 'Heavy Showers', icon: '09d'},
-	85: {label: 'Snow Showers', icon: '13d'},
-	86: {label: 'Heavy Snow Showers', icon: '13d'},
-	95: {label: 'Thunderstorm', icon: '11d'},
-	96: {label: 'Thunderstorm w/ Hail', icon: '11d'},
-	99: {label: 'Thunderstorm w/ Hail', icon: '11d'},
-};
+export async function downloadIcon(icon, path) {
+	if(!existsSync(DIR)) mkdirSync(dirname(path), {recursive: true});
+	const res = await fetch(`https://openweathermap.org/img/wn/${icon}@2x.png`);
+	const buf = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
+	writeFileSync(path, buf);
+}
 
-export async function downloadIcons() {
-	if(!existsSync(DIR)) mkdirSync(DIR, {recursive: true});
-	const icons = new Set(Object.values(WMO).map(w => [w.icon, w.icon.replace('d', 'n')]).flat());
-	await Promise.all([...icons].map(async icon => {
-		const path = resolve(DIR, `${icon}.png`);
-		if(existsSync(path)) return;
-		const res = await fetch(`https://openweathermap.org/img/wn/${icon}@2x.png`);
-		const buf = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
-		writeFileSync(path, buf);
-		console.log(`  📥 Downloaded icon: ${icon}.png`);
-	}));
-	console.log('✅ Weather icons ready');
+export async function fetchIcon(icon) {
+	const iconPath = path.join(DIR, icon + '.png');
+	if(!existsSync(DIR) || !existsSync(iconPath))
+		await downloadIcon(icon, iconPath);
+	return iconPath;
 }
 
 export function getWeatherCondition(data) {
diff --git a/server/src/server.mjs b/server/src/server.mjs
index 7c15f41..3b58551 100644
--- a/server/src/server.mjs
+++ b/server/src/server.mjs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 import {cfg, localDateStr} from './config.mjs';
 import {queryCurrent, queryHourly, queryDaily, getCoords} from './influx.mjs';
 import {getCelestialCurrent, getCelestialForecast} from './celestial.mjs';
-import {getSpaceWeather} from './space.mjs';
 import {apiReference} from '@scalar/express-api-reference';
 import {spec} from './spec.mjs';
 import {existsSync} from 'fs';
 import {getAIS} from './ais.mjs';
 import {getADSB, getADSBHistory, getADSBRange, initAircraftDb} from './adsb.mjs';
-import {getWeatherCondition} from './openweather.mjs';
-import {lastForecast, getForecast, forecastTTL, get24HourForecast} from './forecast.mjs';
+import {fetchIcon, getWeatherCondition} from './openweather.mjs';
+import {lastForecast, getForecast, forecastTTL} from './forecast.mjs';
 import {dailyWeather, hourlyWeather} from './openmeteo.mjs';
 // import {Aurora} from './aurora.mjs';
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ const DIR = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const CLIENT_DIST = resolve(DIR, '../public');
 
 app.use(express.json());
-app.use('/icons', express.static(resolve(DIR, '../public', 'icons')));
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
 	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
 	next();
@@ -134,6 +132,15 @@ app.get('/api/position', async (req, res) => {
 	res.json(filterFields(data, fields));
 });
 
+// ── Icon ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+app.get('/api/icon/:icon', async (req, resp, next) => {
+	const { icon } = req.params;
+	if(!icon) return next(); // 404 fallback can handle missing icons
+	resp.contentType('image/png');
+	resp.sendFile(await fetchIcon(icon));
+});
+
 // ── Space ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 // app.get('/api/aurora', async (req, res) => res.json(await Aurora.get()));
diff --git a/server/src/spec.mjs b/server/src/spec.mjs
index 5bfdb51..33cbd59 100644
--- a/server/src/spec.mjs
+++ b/server/src/spec.mjs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export const spec = {
           // Forecast
           forecast_weathercode:          { type: 'number', description: 'WMO weather code' },
           forecast_weather_label:        { type: 'string', description: 'Human readable weather label' },
-          forecast_weather_icon:         { type: 'string', description: 'Local icon path e.g. /icons/01d.png' },
+          forecast_weather_icon:         { type: 'string', description: 'Local icon path e.g. 01d' },
           forecast_precipitation_mm:     { type: 'number', description: 'Precipitation (mm)' },
           forecast_precipitation_probability: { type: 'number', description: 'Precipitation probability (%)' },
           forecast_snowfall_mm:          { type: 'number', description: 'Snowfall (mm)' },