diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 22dca3adb..87e1b5a5a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ TURBO_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
 # Example: DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS=/var/run/docker.sock,/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
 # DOCKER_SOCKET_PATHS=
 
+# Redis DB index for the Next.js cache handler (default: 1).
+# Separate from the main pub/sub DB (0) to allow independent FLUSHDB.
+# REDIS_CACHE_DB=1
+
 # Enable kubernetes tool
 # ENABLE_KUBERNETES=true
 
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/[id]/route.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/[id]/route.ts
index 35cd3ea61..ce2aecdb1 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/[id]/route.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 import { db, eq } from "@homarr/db";
 import { medias } from "@homarr/db/schema";
 
-import { sanitizeSvg } from "../svg-purify";
+import { looksLikeSvg, sanitizeSvg } from "../svg-purify";
 
 export async function GET(_req: NextRequest, props: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
   const params = await props.params;
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ export async function GET(_req: NextRequest, props: { params: Promise<{ id: stri
 
   let content = new Uint8Array(image.content);
 
-  // Sanitize SVG content to prevent XSS attacks
-  if (image.contentType === "image/svg+xml" || image.contentType === "image/svg") {
+  const isSvgMime = image.contentType === "image/svg+xml" || image.contentType === "image/svg";
+  const isSvgContent = !isSvgMime && looksLikeSvg(content);
+  if (isSvgMime || isSvgContent) {
     const svgText = new TextDecoder().decode(content);
     const sanitized = sanitizeSvg(svgText);
     content = new TextEncoder().encode(sanitized);
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/sanitize.spec.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/sanitize.spec.ts
index c30e24401..f3adde9c2 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/sanitize.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/sanitize.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { purify, sanitizeSvg, svgSanitizeOptions } from "./svg-purify";
+import { looksLikeSvg, purify, sanitizeSvg, svgSanitizeOptions } from "./svg-purify";
 
 describe("SVG sanitization", () => {
   it("strips script tags from SVG", () => {
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ describe("SVG sanitization", () => {
     expect(clean).not.toContain("onbegin");
   });
 
+  it("DOMPurify actually strips dirty payload (guard against no-op shim)", () => {
+    const dirty = '<svg><script>alert("xss")</script><rect width="1" height="1"/></svg>';
+    const clean = sanitizeSvg(dirty);
+    expect(clean).not.toBe(dirty);
+    expect(clean).not.toContain("<script");
+    expect(clean).toContain("<rect");
+  });
+
+  it("looksLikeSvg detects SVG content regardless of MIME", () => {
+    const svg = new TextEncoder().encode('<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M0 0"/></svg>');
+    const png = new Uint8Array([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47]);
+    expect(looksLikeSvg(svg)).toBe(true);
+    expect(looksLikeSvg(png)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("preserves well-formed SVG with self-closing children", () => {
     const icon =
       '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M12 2L2 22h20Z" fill="currentColor"/><circle cx="12" cy="8" r="2"/></svg>';
diff --git a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/svg-purify.ts b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/svg-purify.ts
index 4f196bc4f..3e2699d75 100644
--- a/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/svg-purify.ts
+++ b/apps/nextjs/src/app/api/user-medias/svg-purify.ts
@@ -91,4 +91,11 @@ export const sanitizeSvg = (svgText: string) => {
   return svgMatch ? svgMatch[0] : "";
 };
 
+// ponytail: content-based SVG detection — catches mislabeled MIME types.
+// Ceiling: only checks first 512 bytes; deeply embedded SVG in other XML won't match.
+export function looksLikeSvg(content: Uint8Array): boolean {
+  const head = new TextDecoder().decode(content.subarray(0, 512));
+  return /<svg[\s>]/i.test(head);
+}
+
 export { svgSanitizeOptions, purify };