diff --git a/resources/views/mail/alert-html.blade.php b/resources/views/mail/alert-html.blade.php
index 5c36b3d..0ed6349 100644
--- a/resources/views/mail/alert-html.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/mail/alert-html.blade.php
@@ -47,26 +47,6 @@
             <td align="center" style="padding:32px 12px;">
                 <table role="presentation" width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:600px; max-width:100%;">
 
-                    {{-- Brand row --}}
-                    <tr>
-                        <td style="padding:0 4px 14px 4px;">
-                            <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
-                                <tr>
-                                    <td style="vertical-align:middle;">
-                                        <img src="{{ $message->embed(public_path('icon-192.png')) }}" width="28" height="28" alt="Clusev"
-                                             style="display:block; border:0; border-radius:6px;">
-                                    </td>
-                                    <td style="vertical-align:middle; padding-left:10px; font-family:{{ $sans }}; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.04em; color:{{ $ink }};">
-                                        Clus<span style="color:{{ $accent }};">e</span>v
-                                    </td>
-                                    <td style="vertical-align:middle; padding-left:12px; font-family:{{ $mono }}; font-size:10px; letter-spacing:0.22em; text-transform:uppercase; color:{{ $ink3 }};">
-                                        {{ __('alerts.mail_brand_tag') }}
-                                    </td>
-                                </tr>
-                            </table>
-                        </td>
-                    </tr>
-
                     {{-- Card --}}
                     <tr>
                         <td style="background-color:{{ $surface }}; border:1px solid {{ $line }}; border-radius:12px; overflow:hidden;">
@@ -75,6 +55,28 @@
                                 {{-- Signal rail --}}
                                 <tr><td style="height:4px; background-color:{{ $state }}; font-size:0; line-height:0;">&nbsp;</td></tr>
 
+                                {{-- Brand header (inside the card): size forced via inline CSS too —
+                                     several clients ignore the width/height ATTRIBUTES on embedded
+                                     images and would render the 192px source at full size. --}}
+                                <tr>
+                                    <td style="padding:14px 28px; border-bottom:1px solid {{ $line }};">
+                                        <table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+                                            <tr>
+                                                <td width="24" style="width:24px; vertical-align:middle;">
+                                                    <img src="{{ $message->embed(public_path('icon-192.png')) }}" width="24" height="24" alt=""
+                                                         style="display:block; width:24px; height:24px; max-width:24px; max-height:24px; border:0; border-radius:5px;">
+                                                </td>
+                                                <td style="vertical-align:middle; padding-left:10px; font-family:{{ $sans }}; font-size:15px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:0.04em; color:{{ $ink }}; white-space:nowrap;">
+                                                    Clus<span style="color:{{ $accent }};">e</span>v
+                                                </td>
+                                                <td style="vertical-align:middle; padding-left:12px; font-family:{{ $mono }}; font-size:10px; letter-spacing:0.22em; text-transform:uppercase; color:{{ $ink3 }}; white-space:nowrap;">
+                                                    {{ __('alerts.mail_brand_tag') }}
+                                                </td>
+                                            </tr>
+                                        </table>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+
                                 {{-- Status band --}}
                                 <tr>
                                     <td style="padding:18px 28px 0 28px;">