diff --git a/project.task.yaml b/project.task.yaml
index d1234429..f3063947 100644
--- a/project.task.yaml
+++ b/project.task.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 tasks:
-- fix "any" warnings
+
+- mount folder for persistent sqlite DB outside of container
 - fix missing updateAllFeed in ContactGiftingView page
-- check that Anonymous users jdenticon are nulls (not "Anonymous")
 - test alerts on all pages -- or refactor to new "notify" (since AlertMessage refactoring may require a change, et. ContactQRScanShowView)
 - .2 bug - on contacts view, click on "to" & "from" and nothing happens
 - 40 notifications :
diff --git a/src/components/EntityIcon.vue b/src/components/EntityIcon.vue
index ee69c03f..c717e3fc 100644
--- a/src/components/EntityIcon.vue
+++ b/src/components/EntityIcon.vue
@@ -5,13 +5,26 @@
 import { Vue, Component, Prop } from "vue-facing-decorator";
 import { toSvg } from "jdenticon";
 
+const BLANK_CONFIG = {
+  lightness: {
+    color: [1.0, 1.0],
+    grayscale: [1.0, 1.0],
+  },
+  saturation: {
+    color: 0.0,
+    grayscale: 0.0,
+  },
+  backColor: "#0000",
+};
+
 @Component
 export default class EntityIcon extends Vue {
   @Prop entityId = "";
   @Prop iconSize = 0;
 
   generateIdenticon() {
-    const svgString = toSvg(this.entityId, this.iconSize);
+    const config = this.entityId ? undefined : BLANK_CONFIG;
+    const svgString = toSvg(this.entityId, this.iconSize, config);
     return svgString;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/router/index.ts b/src/router/index.ts
index 0fee1667..e541d074 100644
--- a/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/src/router/index.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const routes: Array<RouteRecordRaw> = [
     name: "contact-gives",
     component: () =>
       import(
-        /* webpackChunkName: "statistics" */ "../views/ContactGiftingView.vue"
+        /* webpackChunkName: "contact-gives" */ "../views/ContactGiftingView.vue"
       ),
   },
 ];
diff --git a/src/views/ContactGiftingView.vue b/src/views/ContactGiftingView.vue
index 943fea97..dbe7db44 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactGiftingView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactGiftingView.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <h2 class="text-base flex gap-4 items-center">
           <span class="grow italic text-slate-500"
             ><EntityIcon
-              entityId="Anonymous"
+              :entityId="null"
               :iconSize="32"
               class="opacity-50 inline-block align-middle border border-dashed border-slate-400 bg-slate-200 rounded-md mr-1"
             ></EntityIcon>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ interface Notification {
 @Component({
   components: { GiftedDialog, QuickNav, EntityIcon },
 })
-export default class HomeView extends Vue {
+export default class ContactGiftingView extends Vue {
   $notify!: (notification: Notification, timeout?: number) => void;
 
   activeDid = "";
diff --git a/src/views/DiscoverView.vue b/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
index 689fd287..24b62e8c 100644
--- a/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
+++ b/src/views/DiscoverView.vue
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
               searchAll();
             "
           >
-            Remote
+            Anywhere
             <span
               class="font-semibold text-sm bg-slate-200 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded-md"
               >{{ remoteCount }}</span
diff --git a/src/views/HomeView.vue b/src/views/HomeView.vue
index 98a4d497..fd9b89e9 100644
--- a/src/views/HomeView.vue
+++ b/src/views/HomeView.vue
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
       <ul class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-x-3 gap-y-5 text-center mb-5">
         <li @click="openDialog()">
           <EntityIcon
-            :entityId="Anonymous"
+            :entityId="null"
             :iconSize="64"
             class="mx-auto border border-slate-300 rounded-md mb-1"
           ></EntityIcon>
diff --git a/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue b/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
index 8c6b679d..c97b75b2 100644
--- a/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ProjectViewView.vue
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       <ul class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-x-3 gap-y-5 text-center mb-5">
         <li @click="openDialog()">
           <EntityIcon
-            :entityId="Anonymous"
+            :entityId="null"
             :iconSize="64"
             class="mx-auto border border-slate-300 rounded-md mb-1"
           ></EntityIcon>