diff --git a/frontend/README-VERCEL.md b/frontend/README-VERCEL.md
index b115f3c..5472b18 100644
--- a/frontend/README-VERCEL.md
+++ b/frontend/README-VERCEL.md
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ a local CLI deployment is not the routine production path.
 
 After promotion, confirm the production deployment references the intended
 commit. Open the canonical domain and verify the theme toggle changes theme
-and the client scene mounts. Build success and analytics events alone do not
-establish that client initialization worked.
+and persists after reload, the specimen plates render, and `/support` shows its
+buy links. Build success and analytics events alone do not establish that client
+initialization worked.
+
+`npm run og` regenerates the share cards in `public/og*` with playwright-core
+and the locally installed Google Chrome; it isn't part of the build.
 
 ## Rendering and security headers
 
diff --git a/frontend/app/(site)/support/page.tsx b/frontend/app/(site)/support/page.tsx
index 9df2d06..610c058 100644
--- a/frontend/app/(site)/support/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/(site)/support/page.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/support";
 
 const description =
-  "Back CodesWhat through GitHub Sponsors or a Stripe payment link, see what each project costs to run, and what happens to a project that can't cover its costs.";
+  "Back CodesWhat through GitHub Sponsors or a Stripe payment link, and see what each project costs to run.";
 
 const SUPPORT_OG = {
   url: "/og/support.png",
diff --git a/frontend/lib/theme-init-script.ts b/frontend/lib/theme-init-script.ts
index 440f656..8818133 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/theme-init-script.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/theme-init-script.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 // Runs before first paint (nonce'd in the root layout) so the page never flashes the wrong
 // paper. An explicit choice saved by the header toggle wins; otherwise follow the OS, and
 // fall back to light. data-theme on <html> is what the Catalogue tokens key off.
-export const THEME_INIT_SCRIPT = `try {
-  var saved = localStorage.getItem('theme')
-  var theme = saved === 'light' || saved === 'dark'
-    ? saved
-    : (window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches ? 'dark' : 'light')
+export const THEME_INIT_SCRIPT = `(function () {
+  var saved = null
+  try { saved = localStorage.getItem('theme') } catch (_) {}
+  var theme = 'light'
+  try {
+    theme = saved === 'light' || saved === 'dark'
+      ? saved
+      : (window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches ? 'dark' : 'light')
+  } catch (_) {}
   document.documentElement.dataset.theme = theme
   document.documentElement.style.colorScheme = theme
-} catch (_) {
-  document.documentElement.dataset.theme = 'light'
-}`;
+})()`;
diff --git a/frontend/test/site-browser.test.mjs b/frontend/test/site-browser.test.mjs
index 836aa25..b9ce1e3 100644
--- a/frontend/test/site-browser.test.mjs
+++ b/frontend/test/site-browser.test.mjs
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ test("light is the default paper when the system has no dark preference", {
   assert.equal(await darkPage.locator("html").getAttribute("data-theme"), "dark");
 });
 
+test("a dark system preference still wins when storage is blocked", {
+  timeout: 15_000,
+}, async (t) => {
+  const context = await browser.newContext({ colorScheme: "dark" });
+  t.after(() => context.close());
+  await context.addInitScript(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(window, "localStorage", {
+      get() {
+        throw new DOMException("blocked", "SecurityError");
+      },
+    });
+  });
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  await page.goto(baseUrl, { waitUntil: "domcontentloaded" });
+  assert.equal(await page.locator("html").getAttribute("data-theme"), "dark");
+});
+
 test("a project page renders its specimen and unknown slugs 404", {
   timeout: 20_000,
 }, async (t) => {