diff --git a/comfyui_integration.py b/comfyui_integration.py
index cd4e429..d7276a3 100644
--- a/comfyui_integration.py
+++ b/comfyui_integration.py
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ def build_prompt_from_appearance(character: dict, context: str = "") -> str:
             result = result.replace(de, en)
         return result
     
-    # Build prompt
+    # Build prompt — use established Danbooru tags for NoobAI-XL
     parts = [
-        f"upper body, {style_prefix}{gender_tag}",
+        f"cowboy shot, {style_prefix}{gender_tag.strip()}",
         f"{age} years old",
     ]
     if build:
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def build_prompt_from_appearance(character: dict, context: str = "") -> str:
         parts.append(context)
     
     prompt = ", ".join(parts)
-    prompt += ", looking at viewer, detailed face, high quality, masterpiece, best quality, simple background"
+    prompt += ", looking at viewer, detailed face, masterpiece, best quality, very aesthetic, absurdres"
     
     return prompt
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 35c9f47..8bd9ed6 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(BASE_DIR / "templates"))
 app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=str(BASE_DIR / "static")), name="static")
 
 def set_session_cookie(response, sid: str):
-    response.set_cookie(SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, sid, max_age=SESSION_DURATION, httponly=False, samesite="lax")
+    response.set_cookie(SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, sid, max_age=SESSION_DURATION, httponly=False, samesite="lax", path="/")
 
 @app.get("/", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def index(request: Request, session_id: str = Cookie(None, alias=SESSION_COOKIE_NAME)):
diff --git a/static/avatars/mara.png b/static/avatars/mara.png
index c7d0651..bac2a38 100644
Binary files a/static/avatars/mara.png and b/static/avatars/mara.png differ
diff --git a/templates/chat.html b/templates/chat.html
index 1f622d2..d96ca1a 100644
--- a/templates/chat.html
+++ b/templates/chat.html
@@ -258,28 +258,24 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // Load history on reconnect (fixes the "conversation is somewhere else" bug)
+        // Load history on reconnect — preserves existing messages
         async function loadHistory() {
             try {
                 const resp = await fetch(`/api/history/${encodeURIComponent(charFilename)}`);
                 const data = await resp.json();
                 if (data.history && data.history.length > 0) {
-                    // Only reload if we have more messages than currently shown
-                    const currentMsgs = chat.querySelectorAll('.msg').length;
-                    if (data.history.length > currentMsgs || currentMsgs === 0) {
-                        chat.innerHTML = '';
-                        if ("{{ character.greeting }}") {
-                            const g = document.createElement('div');
-                            g.className = 'msg msg-greeting';
-                            g.textContent = "{{ character.greeting }}";
-                            chat.appendChild(g);
-                        }
-                        data.history.forEach(h => {
+                    // Count current messages (exclude greeting)
+                    const currentMsgs = chat.querySelectorAll('.msg-user, .msg-bot').length;
+                    // Only append messages we don't already have
+                    if (data.history.length > currentMsgs) {
+                        // Keep existing DOM, only append missing messages
+                        for (let i = currentMsgs; i < data.history.length; i++) {
+                            const h = data.history[i];
                             const div = document.createElement('div');
                             div.className = `msg ${h.role === 'user' ? 'msg-user' : 'msg-bot'}`;
                             div.textContent = h.content;
                             chat.appendChild(div);
-                        });
+                        }
                         chat.scrollTop = chat.scrollHeight;
                     }
                 }
@@ -288,8 +284,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        // Load history on page load (fixes reconnect issue)
-        // Only if we don't already have history from server-side rendering
+        // Load history on page load ONLY if server didn't render any
         {% if not history %}
         loadHistory();
         {% endif %}