diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 95daf3b5..b5116b25 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@
      #splash-credit {
        position: absolute;
        font-size: 14px;
-       bottom: 0;
-       right: 0;
-       margin-right: 8px
-       margin-bottom: 8px
+       bottom: 16px;
+       right: 16px;
      }
 
      #splash-container {
@@ -43,30 +41,25 @@
        display: flex;
        align-items: flex-end;
        justify-content: center;
+       perspective: 60em;
+       perspective-origin: 0 -15em;
+       transform-style: preserve-3d;
      }
 
-     #mascot:not(.orz) {
-       margin-bottom: 2em
-       object-position: 2.5em 0;
-     }
-
-     #mascot-temp.orz {
-       margin-bottom: 2em
-       object-position: 2.5em 0;
-     }
-
-     #mascot,
-     #mascot-temp {
+     #mascot {
        width: calc(10em * var(--scale));
-       height: calc(8em * var(--scale));
+       height: calc(10em * var(--scale));
        object-fit: contain;
        object-position: bottom;
+       transform: translateZ(-2em);
      }
 
      #throbber {
        display: grid;
        width: calc(5em * 0.5 * var(--scale));
        height: calc(8em * 0.5 * var(--scale));
+       margin-left: 5.1em;
+       z-index: 2;
        grid-template-rows: repeat(8, 1fr);
        grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
        grid-template-areas: "P P . L L"
@@ -100,6 +93,7 @@
      }
 
      #status {
+       margin-top: 0.5em;
        line-height: 2;
        width: 100%;
        text-align: center;
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@
 
      @media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
        #throbber {
-         animation: none;
+         animation: none !important;
        }
      }
     </style>
@@ -132,7 +126,7 @@
             <div class="chunk" id="chunk-E">
             </div>
           </div>
-          <img id="mascot" src="/static/pleromatan_apology_fox.png">
+          <img id="mascot" src="/static/pleromatan_apology.png">
         </div>
         <div id="status" class="css-ok">
           <!-- (｡>﹏<) -->
diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index 5e7d3656..d5bb6469 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -954,8 +954,7 @@ option {
 
     &.dead {
       animation-name: dead;
-      animation-duration: 3s;
-      // animation-iteration-count: 1;
+      animation-duration: 2s;
       animation-iteration-count: 1;
       transform: rotateX(90deg) rotateY(0) rotateZ(-45deg);
     }
diff --git a/src/assets/pleromatan_apology.png b/src/assets/pleromatan_apology.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 36ad7aeb..00000000
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diff --git a/src/assets/pleromatan_apology.png b/src/assets/pleromatan_apology.png
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a7f6191f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assets/pleromatan_apology.png
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../static/pleromatan_apology.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 4ccdabb9..81fa09db 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ const i18n = createI18n({
 
 messages.setLanguage(i18n.global, currentLocale)
 
-const splashError = (i18n, e) => {
-  document.querySelector('#mascot').src = (Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) > 0)
-    ? '/static/pleromatan_orz_fox.png'
-    : '/static/pleromatan_orz.png'
-  document.querySelector('#mascot').classList.add('orz')
-  document.querySelector('#throbber').classList.add('dead')
-  document.querySelector('#status').textContent = i18n.global.t('splash.error')
-  console.error('PleromaFE failed to initialize: ', e)
-}
-
 const persistedStateOptions = {
   paths: [
     'serverSideStorage.cache',
@@ -68,6 +58,18 @@ const persistedStateOptions = {
 };
 
 (async () => {
+  const isFox = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) > 0 ? '_fox' : ''
+
+  const splashError = (i18n, e) => {
+    const throbber = document.querySelector('#throbber')
+    throbber.addEventListener('animationend', () => {
+      document.querySelector('#mascot').src = `/static/pleromatan_orz${isFox}.png`
+    })
+    throbber.classList.add('dead')
+    document.querySelector('#status').textContent = i18n.global.t('splash.error')
+    console.error('PleromaFE failed to initialize: ', e)
+  }
+
   try {
     let storageError
     const plugins = [pushNotifications]
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ const persistedStateOptions = {
       console.error('Storage error', e)
       storageError = e
     }
+    document.querySelector('#mascot').src = `/static/pleromatan_apology${isFox}.png`
     document.querySelector('#status').removeAttribute('class')
     document.querySelector('#status').textContent = i18n.global.t('splash.loading')
     document.querySelector('#splash-credit').textContent = i18n.global.t('update.art_by', { linkToArtist: 'pipivovott' })
diff --git a/static/pleromatan_apology.png b/static/pleromatan_apology.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36ad7aeb
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