diff --git a/Sources/Features/WebShell/WebShellView.swift b/Sources/Features/WebShell/WebShellView.swift
index e6c1859..2d7e9e7 100644
--- a/Sources/Features/WebShell/WebShellView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Features/WebShell/WebShellView.swift
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ final class WebNavState {
             webView.navigationDelegate = context.coordinator
             webView.uiDelegate = context.coordinator
             webView.allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures = true
+            // Ohne diese drei flackert WKWebView bis zum first paint weiß
+            // gegen das Paper-Theme — egal was die SwiftUI-Hülle als
+            // Background setzt.
+            webView.isOpaque = false
+            webView.backgroundColor = .clear
+            webView.scrollView.backgroundColor = .clear
             webView.scrollView.refreshControl = makeRefreshControl(
                 webView: webView,
                 coordinator: context.coordinator
@@ -162,6 +168,9 @@ final class WebNavState {
             webView.navigationDelegate = context.coordinator
             webView.uiDelegate = context.coordinator
             webView.allowsBackForwardNavigationGestures = true
+            // macOS-Pendant zu UIView.isOpaque=false — sonst weißer
+            // Flash vor first paint.
+            webView.setValue(false, forKey: "drawsBackground")
             context.coordinator.observe(webView: webView)
             context.coordinator.load(target.url, into: webView)
             return webView
diff --git a/Sources/Resources/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json b/Sources/Resources/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95677a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/Resources/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "colors" : [
+    {
+      "color" : {
+        "color-space" : "srgb",
+        "components" : {
+          "alpha" : "1.000",
+          "blue" : "0.936",
+          "green" : "0.954",
+          "red" : "0.964"
+        }
+      },
+      "idiom" : "universal"
+    },
+    {
+      "appearances" : [
+        {
+          "appearance" : "luminosity",
+          "value" : "dark"
+        }
+      ],
+      "color" : {
+        "color-space" : "srgb",
+        "components" : {
+          "alpha" : "1.000",
+          "blue" : "0.077",
+          "green" : "0.087",
+          "red" : "0.103"
+        }
+      },
+      "idiom" : "universal"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/project.yml b/project.yml
index f79e71c..f5ed973 100644
--- a/project.yml
+++ b/project.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ targets:
         # ist die Info.plist XcodeGen-getrieben, also explizit hier.
         CFBundleIconName: AppIcon
         LSApplicationCategoryType: "public.app-category.reference"
-        UILaunchScreen: {}
+        # Paper-Theme-Background als Launch-Screen statt System-Weiß,
+        # damit zwischen Tap und first SwiftUI-paint kein weißer Flash
+        # mehr sichtbar ist. Asset hat Light + Dark Variante, matcht
+        # `--color-background` aus mana/packages/themes/paper.css und
+        # `ZitareTheme.background` im Native-Code.
+        UILaunchScreen:
+          UIColorName: LaunchBackground
         UISupportedInterfaceOrientations:
           - UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait
           - UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft