diff --git a/chrome.html b/chrome.html
index 121d4c6..a8e05ca 100644
--- a/chrome.html
+++ b/chrome.html
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@
   function fillEngines(d) {
     engineCurrent = d.current;
     const sel = $("engine");
-    sel.innerHTML = d.engines.map((e) => `<option value="${e.id}">${e.name.replace(/</g,"&lt;")}</option>`).join("")
+    sel.innerHTML = d.engines.map((e) => `<option value="${e.id}">${(e.sym ? e.sym + "  " : "")}${e.name.replace(/</g,"&lt;")}</option>`).join("")
       + `<option disabled>──────────</option><option value="__manage">＋ Add / edit engines…</option>`;
     sel.value = d.current;
     const cur = d.engines.find((e) => e.id === d.current);
-    $("search").placeholder = cur ? "Search with " + cur.name : "Search";
+    $("search").placeholder = cur ? "Search with " + (cur.sym ? cur.sym + " " : "") + cur.name : "Search";
   }
   $("engine").onchange = () => {
     const v = $("engine").value;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 3cf8510..46c34b7 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ const RESOLVER = app.isPackaged
 // Built-in search engines. Users can also add their own (settings.customEngines,
 // each { id, name, url } where the url contains "%s" for the query).
 const SEARCH_ENGINES = {
-  duckduckgo: { name: "DuckDuckGo", url: (q) => "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
-  google:     { name: "Google",     url: (q) => "https://www.google.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
-  brave:      { name: "Brave",      url: (q) => "https://search.brave.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
-  bing:       { name: "Bing",       url: (q) => "https://www.bing.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
-  startpage:  { name: "Startpage",  url: (q) => "https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
-  yandex:     { name: "Yandex",     url: (q) => "https://yandex.com/search/?text=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  duckduckgo: { name: "DuckDuckGo", sym: "🦆", url: (q) => "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  google:     { name: "Google",     sym: "🔵", url: (q) => "https://www.google.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  brave:      { name: "Brave",      sym: "🦁", url: (q) => "https://search.brave.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  bing:       { name: "Bing",       sym: "🔎", url: (q) => "https://www.bing.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  startpage:  { name: "Startpage",  sym: "🛡️", url: (q) => "https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
+  yandex:     { name: "Yandex",     sym: "🔴", url: (q) => "https://yandex.com/search/?text=" + encodeURIComponent(q) },
 };
-// Built-in + user-added, as flat metadata for the pickers.
+// Built-in + user-added, as flat metadata for the pickers (sym = a display symbol).
 function allEngines() {
-  const list = Object.entries(SEARCH_ENGINES).map(([id, e]) => ({ id, name: e.name, builtin: true }));
-  for (const c of settings.customEngines || []) list.push({ id: c.id, name: c.name, builtin: false });
+  const list = Object.entries(SEARCH_ENGINES).map(([id, e]) => ({ id, name: e.name, sym: e.sym, builtin: true }));
+  for (const c of settings.customEngines || []) list.push({ id: c.id, name: c.name, sym: c.sym || "🔍", builtin: false });
   return list;
 }
 function engineUrl(id, q) {
@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@ const GATEWAY = "https://navigate.st";
 // ---- BNS name detection (multi-TLD) --------------------------------------
 // The engine (resolver-web.js) resolves any <label>.<tld> from the BCNR beacon.
 // Two client-side sets decide how Theseus treats a name:
-//   NATIVE  — not in the ICANN root, so we own them outright (go straight to BCNR).
-//   DUAL    — real ICANN TLDs we ALSO offer on BCNR. These never hijack the real
-//             web: the ICANN site loads normally, and if a BCNR name also exists
-//             we surface a passive "also on BCNR" switch (see navigateTab).
-const BNS_NATIVE_TLDS = new Set(["bch", "p2p", "bit", "nav", "x", "sia", "dgb", "nt"]);
+//   NATIVE  — BCNR is tried FIRST. If the TLD is also in DUAL (real ICANN),
+//             a BCNR NXDOMAIN or resolver failure falls through to the real
+//             web instead of erroring. If the TLD is NOT in DUAL, BCNR is
+//             authoritative and NXDOMAIN shows a clean bns:// error page.
+//   DUAL    — Real ICANN TLDs. Used two ways:
+//             (a) present in NATIVE too — unlocks the ICANN fallback above;
+//             (b) present in DUAL only — Theseus loads the ICANN site
+//                 normally and surfaces a passive "also on BCNR" switch.
+const BNS_NATIVE_TLDS = new Set(["bch", "p2p", "bit", "nav", "x", "sia", "dgb", "nt", "de", "ru"]);
 const BNS_DUAL_TLDS = new Set(["de", "dev", "ltd", "ru"]);
 const REGISTRY = "BCNR"; // user-facing registry label (Bitcoin Cash Name Registry)
 const tldOf = (host) => {
@@ -633,11 +637,27 @@ async function navigateTab(id, input) {
 async function loadBns(t, id, host, rest, tld) {
   const registry = registryOf(tld);
   if (id === activeId) pushNav({ host, kind: "resolving", tld, registry });
+  // A NATIVE TLD that is ALSO in DUAL is a real ICANN TLD — BCNR is priority,
+  // but a miss (NXDOMAIN or resolver failure) falls through to the real web so
+  // users aren't locked out of e.g. bank.de because a name isn't on chain or
+  // the beacon is unreachable.
+  const canFallbackToWeb = BNS_DUAL_TLDS.has(tld);
+  const fallbackToWeb = async (reason) => {
+    t.url = "https://" + host + (rest === "/" ? "" : rest);
+    try { await t.view.webContents.loadURL(t.url); } catch {}
+    t.prov = { host, kind: "web", note: `fallback: ${reason}`, tld, registry };
+    if (id === activeId) pushNav(t.prov);
+    emitTabs();
+  };
   let entry;
   try { entry = await resolveHost(host); }
-  catch (e) { setLoading(t, false); t.prov = { host, kind: "error", error: e.message, tld, registry }; if (id === activeId) pushNav(t.prov); return; }
+  catch (e) {
+    if (canFallbackToWeb) { setLoading(t, false); return fallbackToWeb("BCNR unreachable"); }
+    setLoading(t, false); t.prov = { host, kind: "error", error: e.message, tld, registry }; if (id === activeId) pushNav(t.prov); return;
+  }
   t.url = host + (rest === "/" ? "" : rest);
   if (!entry) {
+    if (canFallbackToWeb) { setLoading(t, false); return fallbackToWeb("no BCNR record"); }
     t.prov = { host, kind: "nxdomain", tld, registry };
     await t.view.webContents.loadURL(`bns://${host}/`);
     if (id === activeId) pushNav(t.prov); emitTabs(); return;
@@ -678,7 +698,7 @@ ipcMain.handle("add-engine", (_e, eng) => {
   if (eng && eng.name && eng.url && String(eng.url).includes("%s")) {
     const id = "custom-" + Date.now().toString(36);
     settings.customEngines = [...(settings.customEngines || []),
-      { id, name: String(eng.name).slice(0, 40), url: String(eng.url).slice(0, 400) }];
+      { id, name: String(eng.name).slice(0, 40), sym: String(eng.sym || "🔍").slice(0, 4), url: String(eng.url).slice(0, 400) }];
     settings.searchEngine = id; // select the one just added
     saveSettings(); emitEngines();
   }
diff --git a/settings.html b/settings.html
index f518f1f..eb63de8 100644
--- a/settings.html
+++ b/settings.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   .btn{border:1px solid #d6ff3d55;background:rgba(214,255,61,.12);color:#eaffb0;border-radius:8px;padding:8px 14px;font-size:13px;cursor:pointer}
   .btn:hover{background:rgba(214,255,61,.22)}
   .ceng{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;background:#10151f;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;padding:6px 10px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:13px}
+  .ceng .cs{font-size:14px;flex:none}
   .ceng .cn{font-weight:600} .ceng .cu{color:var(--dim);font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;flex:1}
   .ceng .cx{cursor:pointer;color:#8b98a9;border:none;background:transparent;font-size:13px} .ceng .cx:hover{color:#f6768a}
   .cempty{color:var(--dim);font-size:12.5px}
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
           <div class="d">Name it, and give a URL with <code>%s</code> where the query goes — e.g. <code>https://searx.be/search?q=%s</code></div></div>
         <div id="customList"></div>
         <div class="addeng">
+          <input id="engSym" placeholder="🔍" style="max-width:52px;text-align:center;flex:none">
           <input id="engName" placeholder="Name (e.g. SearXNG)">
           <input id="engUrl" placeholder="https://example.com/search?q=%s">
           <button id="engAdd" class="btn">Add</button>
@@ -176,12 +178,12 @@
     const sel = document.getElementById("searchEngine");
     const esc = (s) => String(s || "").replace(/</g, "&lt;");
     function renderEngines(d) {
-      sel.innerHTML = d.engines.map((e) => `<option value="${e.id}">${esc(e.name)}</option>`).join("");
+      sel.innerHTML = d.engines.map((e) => `<option value="${e.id}">${(e.sym ? e.sym + "  " : "")}${esc(e.name)}</option>`).join("");
       sel.value = d.current;
       const custom = d.engines.filter((e) => !e.builtin);
       const list = document.getElementById("customList");
       list.innerHTML = custom.length
-        ? custom.map((e) => `<div class="ceng"><span class="cn">${esc(e.name)}</span><span class="cu">${esc(e.id)}</span><button class="cx" data-id="${e.id}" title="Remove">✕</button></div>`).join("")
+        ? custom.map((e) => `<div class="ceng"><span class="cs">${e.sym || "🔍"}</span><span class="cn">${esc(e.name)}</span><span class="cu">${esc(e.id)}</span><button class="cx" data-id="${e.id}" title="Remove">✕</button></div>`).join("")
         : `<div class="cempty">No custom engines yet.</div>`;
       list.querySelectorAll(".cx").forEach((b) => b.onclick = () => C.removeEngine(b.dataset.id).then(renderEngines));
     }
@@ -197,8 +199,12 @@
     document.getElementById("engAdd").onclick = () => {
       const name = document.getElementById("engName").value.trim();
       const url = document.getElementById("engUrl").value.trim();
+      const sym = document.getElementById("engSym").value.trim();
       if (!name || !url.includes("%s")) { alert("Enter a name and a URL containing %s (where the query goes)."); return; }
-      C.addEngine({ name, url }).then((d) => { document.getElementById("engName").value = ""; document.getElementById("engUrl").value = ""; renderEngines(d); });
+      C.addEngine({ name, url, sym }).then((d) => {
+        document.getElementById("engName").value = ""; document.getElementById("engUrl").value = ""; document.getElementById("engSym").value = "";
+        renderEngines(d);
+      });
     };
     C.engines().then(renderEngines);
     // anti-fingerprinting mode selectors, with value field(s) shown on "manual"