diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
index 3b43f24..c657aae 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
         var textAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextPrimary);
         var mutedAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted);
         var dimAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextDim);
-        var dangerAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.StatusDanger);
         var dl = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
 
         // B3-4 sectioned render order (1.5.6 parity): persistent → pinned
@@ -181,17 +180,7 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
                 unpinnedHeaderRendered = true;
             }
 
-            DrawRow(
-                tab,
-                expanded,
-                accentRgba,
-                textAbgr,
-                mutedAbgr,
-                dimAbgr,
-                dangerAbgr,
-                dl,
-                ref activeTab
-            );
+            DrawRow(tab, expanded, accentRgba, textAbgr, mutedAbgr, dimAbgr, dl, ref activeTab);
         }
     }
 
@@ -221,7 +210,6 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
         uint textAbgr,
         uint mutedAbgr,
         uint dimAbgr,
-        uint dangerAbgr,
         ImDrawListPtr dl,
         ref Tab? activeTab
     )
@@ -328,24 +316,44 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
 
         // Icon and label shift right by the greeted slot when it is shown.
         var contentX = showGreeted ? GreetedHitWidth : 0f;
+        var scale = Metrics.Scale;
+        var iconInset = 10f * scale;
+
+        // Centred, not a frozen offset: the old 8f was (32 - 16) / 2 for a 16px
+        // font and stays wrong at any other Config.FontSizeV2.
+        var contentY = Metrics.CenterY(RowHeight);
+
+        float iconRight;
         using (_fonts.FontAwesome.Push())
         {
             var iconStr = icon.ToIconString();
-            dl.AddText(origin + new Vector2(10f + contentX, 8f), iconColor, iconStr);
-
-            // 1.5.6-parity unread dot, top-right of the icon. The active tab is
-            // zeroed every frame (MainWindow.Draw), so the dot never shows on the
-            // tab you're viewing; UnreadMode.None opts a tab out entirely.
-            if (!isCurrentTab && tab.UnreadMode != UnreadMode.None && tab.Unread > 0)
-            {
-                var iconRight = 10f + contentX + ImGui.CalcTextSize(iconStr).X;
-                dl.AddCircleFilled(origin + new Vector2(iconRight - 2f, 6f), 4f, dangerAbgr, 12);
-                LastRenderedUnreadDotCount++;
-            }
+            dl.AddText(origin + new Vector2(iconInset + contentX, contentY), iconColor, iconStr);
+            iconRight = iconInset + contentX + ImGui.CalcTextSize(iconStr).X;
         }
 
         if (expanded)
-            dl.AddText(origin + new Vector2(32f + contentX, 8f), textAbgr, tab.Name);
+            dl.AddText(origin + new Vector2(iconRight + 6f * scale, contentY), textAbgr, tab.Name);
+
+        // Unread count. Drawn outside the icon-font scope on purpose: the
+        // FontAwesome atlas carries no ASCII digits, so the number would come out
+        // blank. The active tab is zeroed every frame (MainWindow.Draw), so it
+        // never shows on the tab you are viewing; UnreadMode.None opts out.
+        if (!isCurrentTab && tab.UnreadMode != UnreadMode.None && tab.Unread > 0)
+        {
+            var unread = (int)Math.Min(tab.Unread, int.MaxValue);
+            var badgeSize = Badge.CalcSize(unread);
+            var badgeX = expanded
+                ? avail - PopOutHitWidth - badgeSize.X - 4f * scale
+                : iconRight - badgeSize.X * 0.5f;
+
+            Badge.Draw(
+                origin + new Vector2(badgeX, MetricsMath.CenterY(RowHeight, badgeSize.Y)),
+                unread,
+                _palette.Abgr(Token.AccentEmber, colors),
+                textAbgr
+            );
+            LastRenderedUnreadDotCount++;
+        }
 
         TabContextMenu.Draw(tab, "ctx", _pool);