diff --git a/web/src/plugins/radio/RadioTab.tsx b/web/src/plugins/radio/RadioTab.tsx
index 54a4e0b..88ac901 100644
--- a/web/src/plugins/radio/RadioTab.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plugins/radio/RadioTab.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
 import Globe from 'globe.gl';
-import { CanvasTexture, LinearFilter } from 'three';
+import { CanvasTexture, Color, LinearFilter, SRGBColorSpace } from 'three';
 import { TileTextureManager } from './TileTextureManager';
 
 // ── Types ──
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export default function RadioTab({ data }: { data: any }) {
       const accentRgb = style.getPropertyValue('--accent-rgb').trim();
       globeRef.current
         .pointColor(() => `rgba(${accentRgb}, 0.85)`)
-        .atmosphereColor(`rgba(${accentRgb}, 0.25)`);
+        .atmosphereColor(`rgb(${accentRgb})`);
     }
   }, [theme]);
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export default function RadioTab({ data }: { data: any }) {
 
     const globe = new Globe(containerRef.current)
       .backgroundColor('rgba(0,0,0,0)')
-      .atmosphereColor(`rgba(${initRgb}, 0.25)`)
+      .atmosphereColor(`rgb(${initRgb})`)
       .atmosphereAltitude(0.12)
       .pointsData(places)
       // Radio Garden geo format: [lng, lat]
@@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ export default function RadioTab({ data }: { data: any }) {
     const texture = new CanvasTexture(tileMgr.canvas);
     texture.minFilter = LinearFilter;
     texture.generateMipmaps = false;
+    texture.colorSpace = SRGBColorSpace;
     tileTextureRef.current = texture;
     const mat = globe.globeMaterial() as any;
     mat.map = texture;
+    mat.color = new Color(0xffffff);
     mat.needsUpdate = true;
 
     // Start loading tiles (progressive: zoom 1 → 2 → 3)
diff --git a/web/src/plugins/radio/TileTextureManager.ts b/web/src/plugins/radio/TileTextureManager.ts
index 7a5f4fc..c9e6058 100644
--- a/web/src/plugins/radio/TileTextureManager.ts
+++ b/web/src/plugins/radio/TileTextureManager.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 // Proxy through our server (CDN requires Referer: radio.garden)
 const TILE_CDN = '/api/radio/tile';
+const FALLBACK_TEXTURE = '/earth-night.jpg';
 
 // ── Mercator math ──
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export class TileTextureManager {
     // Ocean background
     this.ctx.fillStyle = '#070b15';
     this.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    this.drawFallbackTexture();
   }
 
   /** Load base layers progressively (zoom 1 → 3) */
@@ -108,6 +110,16 @@ export class TileTextureManager {
     await Promise.all(batch);
   }
 
+  private drawFallbackTexture(): void {
+    const img = new Image();
+    img.onload = () => {
+      if (this.drawn.size > 0) return;
+      this.ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this.width, this.height);
+      this.scheduleUpdate();
+    };
+    img.src = FALLBACK_TEXTURE;
+  }
+
   private loadTile(z: number, x: number, y: number): Promise<void> {
     const k = `${z}/${x}/${y}`;
     if (this.cache.has(k) || this.loading.has(k)) return Promise.resolve();