diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/update_wmt_code.yml b/ansible/playbooks/update_wmt_code.yml
index dfb8142..70af2c4 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/update_wmt_code.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/update_wmt_code.yml
@@ -124,183 +124,12 @@
     - name: Show data/ contents after update (should match before)
       debug:
         msg: "{{ data_files_after.stdout_lines }}"
-
-    # ── 7. Restart WMT service ────────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Restart WMT systemd service
+        
+   # ── 9. Reboot ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    - name: Reboot host to apply all changes
       become: true
-      systemd:
-        name: wmt
-        state: restarted
-        enabled: true
-      register: service_result
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    - name: Show service state
-      debug:
-        msg: "WMT service state: {{ service_result.status.ActiveState | default('unknown') }}"
-      when: service_result is not failed
-
-    - name: Warn if service restart failed
-      debug:
-        msg: "WARNING: wmt service restart failed – the device may need a manual reboot."
-      when: service_result is failed
-
-  vars:
-    wmt_dir: /home/pi/Desktop/WMT
-    tmp_zip: /tmp/wmt_update.zip
-    # Controller address – override on CLI with -e "server_url=http://..."
-    server_url: "http://{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_host'] | default(ansible_host) | regex_replace('\\d+\\.\\d+$', '10.76.157.1') }}"
-
-  tasks:
-
-    # ── 0. Resolve server URL ─────────────────────────────────────────────
-    # The monitoring server address is read from the device's own config.txt
-    # so we don't have to hard-code it here.
-    - name: Read server_host from WMT config.txt
-      shell: |
-        grep -E '^\s*server_host\s*=' {{ wmt_dir }}/data/config.txt 2>/dev/null \
-          | head -1 | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d ' \r\n'
-      register: cfg_server_host
-      changed_when: false
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    - name: Read server_port from WMT config.txt
-      shell: |
-        grep -E '^\s*server_port\s*=' {{ wmt_dir }}/data/config.txt 2>/dev/null \
-          | head -1 | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d ' \r\n'
-      register: cfg_server_port
-      changed_when: false
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    - name: Set monitoring server base URL
-      set_fact:
-        monitoring_base: "http://{{ cfg_server_host.stdout | default('rpi-ansible') }}:{{ cfg_server_port.stdout | default('5000') }}"
-
-    - name: Show resolved server URL
-      debug:
-        msg: "Monitoring server: {{ monitoring_base }}"
-
-    # ── 1. Check latest version on server ────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Query latest WMT version from monitoring server
-      uri:
-        url: "{{ monitoring_base }}/api/wmt/client/version"
-        method: GET
-        return_content: true
-        timeout: 15
-      register: version_response
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    - name: Show server version info
-      debug:
-        msg: "Server release: v{{ version_response.json.version | default('unknown') }} ({{ version_response.json.filename | default('n/a') }})"
-      when: version_response is not failed
-
-    - name: Fail if server version endpoint unreachable
-      fail:
-        msg: "Cannot reach {{ monitoring_base }}/api/wmt/client/version – is the server running?"
-      when: version_response is failed
-
-    # ── 2. Get current local version ─────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Read first line of local app.py
-      shell: head -1 {{ wmt_dir }}/app.py 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown"
-      register: local_first_line
-      changed_when: false
-
-    - name: Extract local version number
-      set_fact:
-        local_version: "{{ local_first_line.stdout | regex_search('version\\s+([\\d.]+)', '\\1') | first | default('0') }}"
-
-    - name: Show local version
-      debug:
-        msg: "Local version: {{ local_version }}  |  Server version: {{ version_response.json.version }}"
-
-    # ── 3. Ensure WMT directory exists ───────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Ensure WMT directory exists
-      file:
-        path: "{{ wmt_dir }}"
-        state: directory
-        owner: pi
-        group: pi
-        mode: '0755'
-
-    # ── 4. Download release zip ───────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Download WMT release zip from monitoring server
-      get_url:
-        url: "{{ monitoring_base }}/api/wmt/client/download"
-        dest: "{{ tmp_zip }}"
-        force: true
-        timeout: 120
-        mode: '0644'
-
-    # ── 5. Back up current app.py ─────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Back up current app.py
-      copy:
-        src: "{{ wmt_dir }}/app.py"
-        dest: "{{ wmt_dir }}/app.py.bak.{{ local_version }}"
-        remote_src: true
-        owner: pi
-        group: pi
-        mode: preserve
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    # ── 6. Extract zip – skip data/ directory ─────────────────────────────
-    - name: Extract WMT release zip (preserving data/ directory)
-      shell: |
-        cd {{ wmt_dir }}
-        python3 - <<'EOF'
-        import zipfile, os, sys
-        zip_path = "{{ tmp_zip }}"
-        dest     = "{{ wmt_dir }}"
-        skipped  = 0
-        extracted = 0
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, 'r') as zf:
-            for member in zf.infolist():
-                p = member.filename.replace('\\', '/')
-                if p.startswith('data/') or p == 'data':
-                    skipped += 1
-                    continue
-                zf.extract(member, dest)
-                extracted += 1
-        print(f"Extracted {extracted} files, skipped {skipped} data/ entries")
-        EOF
-      register: extract_result
-      changed_when: true
-
-    - name: Show extraction result
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ extract_result.stdout }}"
-
-    # ── 7. Fix ownership ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Set correct ownership on WMT directory
-      become: true
-      file:
-        path: "{{ wmt_dir }}"
-        owner: pi
-        group: pi
-        recurse: true
-
-    # ── 8. Clean up temp zip ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Remove temporary zip file
-      file:
-        path: "{{ tmp_zip }}"
-        state: absent
-
-    # ── 9. Restart WMT service ────────────────────────────────────────────
-    - name: Restart WMT systemd service
-      become: true
-      systemd:
-        name: wmt
-        state: restarted
-        enabled: true
-      register: service_result
-      ignore_errors: true
-
-    - name: Show service restart result
-      debug:
-        msg: "Service state: {{ service_result.status.ActiveState | default('unknown') }}"
-      when: service_result is not failed
-
-    - name: Warn if service restart failed
-      debug:
-        msg: "WARNING: wmt service restart failed – the device may need a manual reboot."
-      when: service_result is failed
+      reboot:
+        msg: "Rebooting after WMT code update "
+        reboot_timeout: 180
+        pre_reboot_delay: 3
+        post_reboot_delay: 15
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diff --git a/data/wmt_releases/latest.json b/data/wmt_releases/latest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e31deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/wmt_releases/latest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.9",
+  "notes": "",
+  "uploaded_at": "2026-05-13T13:17:18",
+  "filename": "wmt_v2.9.zip"
+}
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diff --git a/data/wmt_releases/wmt_v2.9.zip b/data/wmt_releases/wmt_v2.9.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7e64d
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/wmt_releases/wmt_v2.9.zip differ
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 39d5032..fc8627a 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -781,11 +781,73 @@
         }
 
         body.dark-mode .nav-group-header:hover {
-            background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
+            background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);
         }
 
         body.dark-mode .nav-group-header.open {
-            background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
+            background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.09);
+        }
+
+        /* ── Dark mode sidebar ── */
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar {
+            background: linear-gradient(160deg, #0d0d0d 0%, #1a1a2e 50%, #16213e 100%);
+            box-shadow: 2px 0 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .logo {
+            border-bottom-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.08);
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .logo small {
+            color: #7f8c9a;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link {
+            color: #b0bec5;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link:hover {
+            background-color: rgba(100,181,246,0.12);
+            color: #e0f0ff;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.active {
+            background-color: rgba(100,181,246,0.2);
+            color: #e0f0ff;
+            border-left: 3px solid #64b5f6;
+            padding-left: 12px;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link i {
+            color: #64b5f6;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.active i {
+            color: #90caf9;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.admin-link {
+            color: #ef9a9a;
+            border-top-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.admin-link:hover {
+            background-color: rgba(239,154,154,0.15);
+            color: #ffcdd2;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.admin-link.active {
+            background-color: rgba(239,154,154,0.22);
+            color: #ffcdd2;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .sidebar .nav-link.admin-link i {
+            color: #ef9a9a;
+        }
+
+        body.dark-mode .dark-mode-btn {
+            border-top-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.07);
+            color: #b0bec5;
         }
     </style>
     {% block extra_css %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/we.txt b/we.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2b26eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/we.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+source venv/bin/activate && python3 main.py
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