diff --git a/apps/img/README.md b/apps/img/README.md
index b12f1c8..41f69a8 100644
--- a/apps/img/README.md
+++ b/apps/img/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ key:
 - `GET /<key>` — streams the matching R2 object (e.g.
   `GET /DefaultProfileImage.jpg`). The key may contain slashes for nested
   objects. Content-Type comes from the object's stored HTTP metadata. Supports
-  conditional requests via `If-None-Match` (returns `304`). Missing keys `404`.
+  conditional requests via `If-None-Match` (returns `304`). Missing keys fall
+  back to the bundled `static/DefaultProfileImage.jpg` asset (served `200` via
+  the `ASSETS` binding), so clients always get a valid image. The fallback also
+  honours `?sig=p1` and returns a `Content-Signature` header.
 - `GET /<key>?sig=p1` — same, but the response body is RSA-SHA1 signed and the
   signature returned in a `Content-Signature: key-id=KEY:RSA:p1.rec.net; data=<base64>`
   header. The client uses this to verify image integrity. Signing buffers the
diff --git a/apps/img/src/context.ts b/apps/img/src/context.ts
index 6a33d03..f9021ba 100644
--- a/apps/img/src/context.ts
+++ b/apps/img/src/context.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export type Env = SharedHonoEnv & {
 	DB: D1Database
 	/** R2 bucket holding the served image objects, keyed by filename. */
 	IMAGES: R2Bucket
+	/** Static assets (fallback images) served from `static/`. */
+	ASSETS: Fetcher
 	/**
 	 * RSA-2048 private key (PKCS8 DER, base64) used to sign image responses
 	 * requested with `?sig=p1`. Optional — when absent, responses are unsigned.
diff --git a/apps/img/src/img.app.ts b/apps/img/src/img.app.ts
index 8f600a3..678449c 100644
--- a/apps/img/src/img.app.ts
+++ b/apps/img/src/img.app.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import type { App, Env } from './context'
 /** Key id the client uses to look up the public half of the signing key. */
 const SIGNATURE_KEY_ID = 'KEY:RSA:p1.rec.net'
 
+/** Static asset served (200) when the requested key is missing from R2. */
+const FALLBACK_ASSET_PATH = '/DefaultProfileImage.jpg'
+
 // Import the signing key once per isolate. The key material is constant for the
 // lifetime of the Worker, so caching the promise is safe.
 let signingKey: Promise<CryptoKey | null> | undefined
@@ -39,6 +42,32 @@ async function signImage(env: Env, bytes: ArrayBuffer): Promise<string | null> {
 	return btoa(binary)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Serve a static asset `Response` with our standard cache headers, honouring
+ * `?sig=p1` by RSA-SHA1 signing the (buffered) body into `Content-Signature`.
+ */
+async function serveStaticAsset(
+	env: Env,
+	asset: Response,
+	wantsSignature: boolean
+): Promise<Response> {
+	const headers = new Headers()
+	const contentType = asset.headers.get('content-type')
+	if (contentType) headers.set('content-type', contentType)
+	headers.set('cache-control', 'public, max-age=3600')
+
+	if (wantsSignature) {
+		const bytes = await asset.arrayBuffer()
+		const signature = await signImage(env, bytes)
+		if (signature) {
+			headers.set('content-signature', `key-id=${SIGNATURE_KEY_ID}; data=${signature}`)
+		}
+		return new Response(bytes, { headers })
+	}
+
+	return new Response(asset.body, { headers })
+}
+
 const app = new Hono<App>()
 	.use(
 		'*',
@@ -66,12 +95,28 @@ const app = new Hono<App>()
 		const key = c.req.param('key')
 		if (key.includes('..')) return c.body(null, 400)
 
+		const wantsSignature = c.req.query('sig') === 'p1'
+
+		// Prefer a bundled static asset when one exists for this key, before hitting
+		// R2. This lets us ship canonical images (e.g. room thumbnails in `static/`)
+		// that always win over whatever, if anything, is in the bucket.
+		const staticAsset = await c.env.ASSETS.fetch(new URL(`/${key}`, c.req.url))
+		if (staticAsset.ok) {
+			return serveStaticAsset(c.env, staticAsset, wantsSignature)
+		}
+
 		const ifNoneMatch = c.req.header('if-none-match')?.replace(/"/g, '')
 		const object = await c.env.IMAGES.get(
 			key,
 			ifNoneMatch ? { onlyIf: { etagDoesNotMatch: ifNoneMatch } } : undefined
 		)
-		if (!object) return c.notFound()
+		if (!object) {
+			// Missing from both static and R2 → serve the bundled DefaultProfileImage.jpg
+			// static asset so clients still get a valid image instead of a 404. Honour
+			// `?sig=p1` the same way so signed clients can verify the fallback.
+			const asset = await c.env.ASSETS.fetch(new URL(FALLBACK_ASSET_PATH, c.req.url))
+			return serveStaticAsset(c.env, asset, wantsSignature)
+		}
 
 		const headers = new Headers()
 		object.writeHttpMetadata(headers)
@@ -81,7 +126,7 @@ const app = new Hono<App>()
 		// Precondition matched (If-None-Match) → R2 returns no body.
 		if (!('body' in object)) return new Response(null, { status: 304, headers })
 
-		if (c.req.query('sig') === 'p1') {
+		if (wantsSignature) {
 			const bytes = await object.arrayBuffer()
 			const signature = await signImage(c.env, bytes)
 			if (signature) {
diff --git a/apps/img/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/img/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index affae3e..90efcd6 100644
--- a/apps/img/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/img/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@ const IMAGE_BYTES = new Uint8Array([0xff, 0xd8, 0xff, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x10, 0x4a, 0x
 const PUBLIC_SPKI_B64 =
 	'MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA1EIcBzPCvOFRy3WYuG8ICaRyr/OpotABJBpiMq2zcZHsSPXQw7NC+N082JDqYLy627oB9qJ+wC3idtbzFTANLkIYIEWMWJC9hjWl56vBVXOIroji2+lOpR4hV9JRdgmJfBYXmJPtHRP4GAl8np9xcnZpbMJdauR+HIJiQT3QHc2RomLXWCUfOb564cW8Ks7CLlmXPWf4M77DufHhY+788uWq6bI0+QSJ1qrUi3gaou0HPj7YPTl7pUTwX4VOmHKN5Nw+/jB9f2JNpRKp9niylCVUgdHnmHz5iqMW86HRf7EJcalSyYn7cC6b1ng9GPYryybipZ7QuTgl52qu2GQDaQIDAQAB'
 
+// An R2-only key that has no matching file in `static/`, so it exercises the
+// bucket path rather than a static asset.
+const R2_KEY = 'user-photo.jpg'
+
 beforeAll(async () => {
-	await env.IMAGES.put('DefaultProfileImage.jpg', IMAGE_BYTES, {
+	await env.IMAGES.put(R2_KEY, IMAGE_BYTES, {
+		httpMetadata: { contentType: 'image/jpeg' },
+	})
+	// Seed R2 with a key that ALSO exists in `static/` to prove static wins.
+	await env.IMAGES.put('3DCharades.jpg', IMAGE_BYTES, {
 		httpMetadata: { contentType: 'image/jpeg' },
 	})
 })
@@ -33,29 +41,78 @@ describe('img endpoints', () => {
 	})
 
 	it('streams an image stored in R2 with its content type', async () => {
-		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/DefaultProfileImage.jpg`)
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/${R2_KEY}`)
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 		expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('image/jpeg')
 		expect(new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer())).toEqual(IMAGE_BYTES)
 	})
 
+	it('serves a static asset in preference to an R2 object of the same key', async () => {
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/3DCharades.jpg`)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toMatch(/^image\/jpeg/)
+		// The bundled static JPEG, not the tiny IMAGE_BYTES stub seeded into R2.
+		const body = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer())
+		expect(body.length).toBeGreaterThan(IMAGE_BYTES.length)
+		expect(body[0]).toBe(0xff)
+		expect(body[1]).toBe(0xd8)
+	})
+
+	it('serves a nested static asset', async () => {
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/Base/Clearcut.jpg`)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toMatch(/^image\/jpeg/)
+		const body = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer())
+		expect(body.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+		expect(body[0]).toBe(0xff)
+		expect(body[1]).toBe(0xd8)
+	})
+
 	it('returns 304 when If-None-Match matches the etag', async () => {
-		const first = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/DefaultProfileImage.jpg`)
+		const first = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/${R2_KEY}`)
 		const etag = first.headers.get('etag')
 		expect(etag).toBeTruthy()
-		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/DefaultProfileImage.jpg`, {
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/${R2_KEY}`, {
 			headers: { 'If-None-Match': etag! },
 		})
 		expect(res.status).toBe(304)
 	})
 
-	it('404 for a missing image', async () => {
+	it('serves the DefaultProfileImage.jpg fallback for a missing image', async () => {
 		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/missing.png`)
-		expect(res.status).toBe(404)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toMatch(/^image\/jpeg/)
+		const body = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer())
+		// Real JPEG static asset: SOI marker + non-empty body.
+		expect(body.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+		expect(body[0]).toBe(0xff)
+		expect(body[1]).toBe(0xd8)
+	})
+
+	it('signs the DefaultProfileImage.jpg fallback with ?sig=p1', async () => {
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/missing.png?sig=p1`)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+
+		const header = res.headers.get('content-signature')
+		expect(header).toMatch(/^key-id=KEY:RSA:p1\.rec\.net; data=/)
+
+		const signatureB64 = header!.split('data=')[1]
+		const signature = Uint8Array.from(atob(signatureB64), (ch) => ch.charCodeAt(0))
+		const body = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer())
+
+		const publicKey = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
+			'spki',
+			Uint8Array.from(atob(PUBLIC_SPKI_B64), (ch) => ch.charCodeAt(0)),
+			{ name: 'RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5', hash: 'SHA-1' },
+			false,
+			['verify']
+		)
+		const ok = await crypto.subtle.verify('RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5', publicKey, signature, body)
+		expect(ok).toBe(true)
 	})
 
 	it('signs the response with ?sig=p1 and the signature verifies', async () => {
-		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/DefaultProfileImage.jpg?sig=p1`)
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/${R2_KEY}?sig=p1`)
 		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
 
 		const header = res.headers.get('content-signature')
@@ -77,7 +134,7 @@ describe('img endpoints', () => {
 	})
 
 	it('does not sign without ?sig=p1', async () => {
-		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/DefaultProfileImage.jpg`)
+		const res = await SELF.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/${R2_KEY}`)
 		expect(res.headers.get('content-signature')).toBeNull()
 	})
 })
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diff --git a/apps/img/wrangler.jsonc b/apps/img/wrangler.jsonc
index 498221a..b48922f 100644
--- a/apps/img/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/apps/img/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 	"main": "src/img.app.ts",
 	"compatibility_date": "2025-09-20",
 	"compatibility_flags": ["nodejs_compat"],
+	// Static fallback assets (e.g. DefaultProfileImage.jpg served when a key is
+	// missing from R2). `run_worker_first` keeps the Worker in control of routing
+	// so image requests still hit R2/signing; assets are only fetched explicitly
+	// via the ASSETS binding.
+	"assets": {
+		"directory": "./static",
+		"binding": "ASSETS",
+		"run_worker_first": true
+	},
 	// Images are stored as objects in an R2 bucket and streamed back by key.
 	"r2_buckets": [
 		{