diff --git a/frontend/src/components/FTMapPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/FTMapPanel.tsx
index 5981a32..908f074 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/FTMapPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/FTMapPanel.tsx
@@ -51,10 +51,14 @@ export function FTMapPanel({ decodes, myGrid }: { decodes: FTMapDecode[]; myGrid
   // The map itself, once.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!divRef.current || mapRef.current) return;
+    // ONE world: noWrap tiles inside hard bounds, no side-by-side copies —
+    // and the space beyond the edge is the theme's own surface (style.css).
     const m = L.map(divRef.current, {
       zoomControl: true, attributionControl: true,
-      worldCopyJump: true, preferCanvas: true,
+      worldCopyJump: false, preferCanvas: true,
       center: [25, 0], zoom: 2, minZoom: 2,
+      maxBounds: L.latLngBounds(L.latLng(-85.0511, -180), L.latLng(85.0511, 180)),
+      maxBoundsViscosity: 1,
     });
     mapRef.current = m;
     layerRef.current = L.layerGroup().addTo(m);
@@ -67,7 +71,11 @@ export function FTMapPanel({ decodes, myGrid }: { decodes: FTMapDecode[]; myGrid
     if (!m) return;
     baseRef.current?.remove(); labelsRef.current?.remove();
     const bm = BASEMAPS[basemap];
-    const opts: L.TileLayerOptions = { maxNativeZoom: bm.maxNativeZoom, noWrap: false };
+    const opts: L.TileLayerOptions = {
+      maxNativeZoom: bm.maxNativeZoom,
+      noWrap: true,
+      bounds: L.latLngBounds(L.latLng(-85.0511, -180), L.latLng(85.0511, 180)),
+    };
     baseRef.current = L.tileLayer(bm.url, { ...opts, attribution: bm.attr, subdomains: bm.subdomains ?? 'abc' }).addTo(m);
     if (bm.labelsUrl) labelsRef.current = L.tileLayer(bm.labelsUrl, opts).addTo(m);
     localStorage.setItem('opslog.ftmapBase', basemap);
diff --git a/frontend/src/style.css b/frontend/src/style.css
index 8ec69dd..b9ad6ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/style.css
+++ b/frontend/src/style.css
@@ -1086,3 +1086,10 @@
 .overflow-scroll {
   overscroll-behavior: contain;
 }
+
+/* The ground beside the planet, on every map: Leaflet paints its container a
+   hard-coded light grey (#ddd), which reads as a broken tile against any
+   theme. The surround follows the theme's own card surface instead. */
+.leaflet-container {
+  background: var(--card) !important;
+}