diff --git a/public/admin.css b/public/admin.css
index 121a826..492debf 100644
--- a/public/admin.css
+++ b/public/admin.css
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ label { display: grid; gap: 6px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; }
   color: var(--muted);
   font-size: 11px;
 }
-.visitor-facts span {
+.visitor-facts > span {
   max-width: 96px;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
@@ -326,12 +326,29 @@ label { display: grid; gap: 6px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; }
   border-color: #d9e6df;
   background: #fbfdfb;
 }
-.flag-emoji {
-  font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", "Apple Color Emoji", "Noto Color Emoji", sans-serif;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  line-height: 1;
+.country-badge {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 5px;
+  min-width: 0;
 }
-.country-code {
+.flag-image {
+  width: 18px;
+  height: 13px;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  background-color: #e4ebe6;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-size: cover;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgb(0 0 0 / 8%);
+}
+.country-badge.unknown .flag-image {
+  width: auto;
+  height: auto;
+  background: transparent;
+  box-shadow: none;
+}
+.country-badge strong {
   color: var(--muted);
   font-size: 11px;
   line-height: 1;
@@ -518,7 +535,7 @@ label { display: grid; gap: 6px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; }
   color: var(--muted);
   font-size: 12px;
 }
-.visitor-compact-meta span {
+.visitor-compact-meta > span {
   flex: 0 0 auto;
   max-width: 72px;
   overflow: hidden;
diff --git a/public/admin.js b/public/admin.js
index c609ef5..763c8eb 100644
--- a/public/admin.js
+++ b/public/admin.js
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ function renderVisitors() {
         ${presenceDot(visitor.presence)}
       </div>
       <div class="visitor-compact-meta">
-        <span>${visitor.countryFlag || escapeHtml(visitor.countryCode || "?")}</span>
+        <span>${visitorCountry(visitor)}</span>
         <span>${formatDuration(visitor.sessionSeconds)}</span>
         <span>${Number(visitor.visitCount || visitor.pageCount || 1)} navst.</span>
         <span>${Number(visitor.conversationCount || 0)} chaty</span>
@@ -507,9 +507,14 @@ function statusButtons(item) {
 
 function visitorCountry(item) {
   const countryCode = item.countryCode || countryFromLanguage(item.language) || countryFromTimezone(item.timezone);
-  const countryFlag = item.countryFlag || flag(countryCode);
-  if (!countryCode) return `<span class="flag-emoji" aria-hidden="true">?</span><strong class="country-code">?</strong>`;
-  return `<span class="flag-emoji" aria-hidden="true">${countryFlag}</span><strong class="country-code">${escapeHtml(countryCode)}</strong>`;
+  const code = String(countryCode || "").toUpperCase();
+  if (!/^[A-Z]{2}$/.test(code)) return `<span class="country-badge unknown"><span class="flag-image">?</span><strong>?</strong></span>`;
+  return `
+    <span class="country-badge">
+      <span class="flag-image" style="background-image:url('https://flagcdn.com/24x18/${code.toLowerCase()}.png')" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+      <strong>${escapeHtml(code)}</strong>
+    </span>
+  `;
 }
 
 function visitorDetails(conversation) {