diff --git a/static/js/app/main.js b/static/js/app/main.js
index 10621899..30ebdcb5 100644
--- a/static/js/app/main.js
+++ b/static/js/app/main.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { formatFileSize, formatQuotaSize } from '../core/formatters.js';
 import { i18n } from '../core/i18n.js';
+import { oxiIconsInit } from '../core/icons.js';
 import { Modal } from '../core/modal.js';
 import { fileOps } from '../features/files/fileOperations.js';
 import { multiSelect } from '../features/files/multiSelect.js';
@@ -334,6 +335,8 @@ function switchSectionTo(section) {
  * Initialize the application
  */
 function initApp() {
+    oxiIconsInit();
+
     // Cache DOM elements
     cacheElements();
 
diff --git a/static/js/core/icons.js b/static/js/core/icons.js
index ecdc6470..0d4c3ea2 100644
--- a/static/js/core/icons.js
+++ b/static/js/core/icons.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // All icons use viewBox="0 0 {width} 512" and fill="currentColor".
 // Keys use FA5 class names (without "fa-" prefix) for backward compatibility.
 
-const _ICONS = {
+const OxiIcons = {
     'arrow-left': [
         448,
         'M9.4 233.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l160 160c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0s12.5-32.8 0-45.3L109.2 288 416 288c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32l-306.7 0L214.6 118.6c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0l-160 160z'
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ const _ICONS = {
  * @returns {string} SVG markup string, or empty string if icon not found
  */
 function oxiIcon(name, extraClass) {
-    const entry = _ICONS[name];
+    const entry = OxiIcons[name];
     if (!entry) return '';
     const [w, d] = entry;
     const cls = extraClass ? `oxi-icon ${extraClass}` : 'oxi-icon';
@@ -477,13 +477,13 @@ function replaceIconsInElement(container) {
         }
 
         // Use outline variant if available and element uses "far"
-        if (isRegular && _ICONS[`${iconName}-outline`]) {
+        if (isRegular && OxiIcons[`${iconName}-outline`]) {
             iconName = `${iconName}-outline`;
         }
 
-        if (!iconName || !_ICONS[iconName]) continue;
+        if (!iconName || !OxiIcons[iconName]) continue;
 
-        const [w, d] = _ICONS[iconName];
+        const [w, d] = OxiIcons[iconName];
 
         // Build SVG element
         const svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
@@ -510,14 +510,7 @@ function replaceIconsInElement(container) {
     }
 }
 
-// ── Expose globally ────────────────────────────────────────────
-export { oxiIcon, replaceIconsInElement };
-export const OxiIcons = _ICONS;
-
-// ── Auto-replace: MutationObserver bridge ──────────────────────
-// Watches the DOM for new <i class="fa-..."> elements and converts them
-// to inline SVGs automatically.  Debounced to at most once per frame.
-(function autoReplace() {
+function oxiIconsInit() {
     let raf = 0;
     const scan = () => {
         raf = 0;
@@ -541,4 +534,11 @@ export const OxiIcons = _ICONS;
             }
         }
     }).observe(document.documentElement, { childList: true, subtree: true });
-})();
+}
+
+// ── Expose globally ────────────────────────────────────────────
+export { OxiIcons, oxiIcon, oxiIconsInit, replaceIconsInElement };
+
+// ── Auto-replace: MutationObserver bridge ──────────────────────
+// Watches the DOM for new <i class="fa-..."> elements and converts them
+// to inline SVGs automatically.  Debounced to at most once per frame.
diff --git a/static/js/views/admin/admin.js b/static/js/views/admin/admin.js
index 739927e5..49e487d2 100644
--- a/static/js/views/admin/admin.js
+++ b/static/js/views/admin/admin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getCsrfHeaders } from '../../core/csrf.js';
 import { escapeHtml } from '../../core/formatters.js';
 import { i18n } from '../../core/i18n.js';
+import { oxiIconsInit } from '../../core/icons.js';
 
 const API = '/api';
 let currentAdminId = '';
@@ -1041,6 +1042,7 @@ async function completeMigration() {
 
 async function init() {
     try {
+        oxiIconsInit();
         const me = await fetch(`${API}/auth/me`, {
             headers: headers(),
             credentials: 'same-origin'
diff --git a/static/js/views/device-verify/device-verify.js b/static/js/views/device-verify/device-verify.js
index 3e0eb523..702c49c5 100644
--- a/static/js/views/device-verify/device-verify.js
+++ b/static/js/views/device-verify/device-verify.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // device-verify.js — Extracted from inline <script> in device-verify.html
 import { getCsrfHeaders } from '../../core/csrf.js';
+import { oxiIconsInit } from '../../core/icons.js';
 
 (() => {
     var API_BASE = window.location.origin;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ import { getCsrfHeaders } from '../../core/csrf.js';
     var debounceTimer = null;
     var currentCode = '';
 
+    oxiIconsInit();
+
     // Pre-fill from URL query param (?code=ABCD-1234)
     var params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
     if (params.get('code')) {
diff --git a/static/js/views/profile/profile.js b/static/js/views/profile/profile.js
index a73f4ced..fe78c307 100644
--- a/static/js/views/profile/profile.js
+++ b/static/js/views/profile/profile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getCsrfHeaders } from '../../core/csrf.js';
 import { i18n } from '../../core/i18n.js';
+import { oxiIconsInit } from '../../core/icons.js';
 
 const API = '/api';
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function timeAgo(dateStr) {
 
 async function init() {
     try {
+        oxiIconsInit();
         const resp = await fetch(`${API}/auth/me`, {
             headers: headers(),
             credentials: 'same-origin'
diff --git a/static/js/views/public/publicShare.js b/static/js/views/public/publicShare.js
index 08bbebe6..f597d558 100644
--- a/static/js/views/public/publicShare.js
+++ b/static/js/views/public/publicShare.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { oxiIconsInit } from '../../core/icons';
+
 /**
  * publicShare.js — Client-side logic for the public share page (/s/{token}).
  *
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
     const tokenIdx = pathParts.indexOf('s');
     const TOKEN = tokenIdx !== -1 ? pathParts[tokenIdx + 1] : null;
 
+    oxiIconsInit();
+
     if (!TOKEN) {
         showState('expired');
         $expiredMsg.textContent = 'Invalid share link.';
diff --git a/tools/check-icons.py b/tools/check-icons.py
index 01426bc0..c6742bda 100644
--- a/tools/check-icons.py
+++ b/tools/check-icons.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 
 What it does:
   1. Scans every file under static/ for  fas fa-<name>  occurrences.
-  2. Reads the _ICONS registry from static/js/core/icons.js.
+  2. Reads the OxiIcons registry from static/js/core/icons.js.
   3. For each icon name that is missing from the registry, looks up
        tmp/Font-Awesome/svgs/solid/<name>.svg
-     and adds the entry  '<name>': [<width>, '<path>']  to _ICONS.
+     and adds the entry  '<name>': [<width>, '<path>']  to OxiIcons.
   4. Rewrites icons.js in-place (unless --dry-run is given).
 
 FontAwesome source:  tmp/Font-Awesome/svgs/solid/
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@
 
 print(f"Found {len(used_icons)} distinct FA icon(s) referenced in static/")
 
-# ── 2. Parse existing _ICONS keys from icons.js ───────────────────────────────
+# ── 2. Parse existing OxiIcons keys from icons.js ───────────────────────────────
 icons_src = ICONS_JS.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
-# Extract only the _ICONS object body so we never accidentally match keys from
+# Extract only the OxiIcons object body so we never accidentally match keys from
 # other objects or functions elsewhere in the file.
-_ICONS_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r'const _ICONS\s*=\s*\{(.*?)^};', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
+_ICONS_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r'const OxiIcons\s*=\s*\{(.*?)^};', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
 block_match = _ICONS_BLOCK_RE.search(icons_src)
 if not block_match:
-    print("✗ Could not locate 'const _ICONS = { … };' in icons.js — aborting.")
+    print("✗ Could not locate 'const OxiIcons = { … };' in icons.js — aborting.")
     sys.exit(1)
 icons_block = block_match.group(1)
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 ICON_KEY_RE = re.compile(r"""['"]?([\w-]+)['"]?\s*:\s*\[""")
 registered: set[str] = {m.group(1) for m in ICON_KEY_RE.finditer(icons_block)}
 
-print(f"Registry has {len(registered)} icon(s) in _ICONS")
+print(f"Registry has {len(registered)} icon(s) in OxiIcons")
 
 # ── 3. Find missing icons ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 missing = {name: files for name, files in used_icons.items() if name not in registered}
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@
 
 insert_block = "\n".join(insert_lines) + "\n"
 
-# Insert just before the closing "};" of _ICONS (line 396 area)
+# Insert just before the closing "};" of OxiIcons (line 396 area)
 # Anchor: the line that is exactly "};"
 ICONS_END_RE = re.compile(r'^};$', re.MULTILINE)
 m = ICONS_END_RE.search(icons_src)
 if not m:
-    print("\n✗ Could not locate the closing '}; ' of _ICONS in icons.js — aborting.")
+    print("\n✗ Could not locate the closing '}; ' of OxiIcons in icons.js — aborting.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 # Ensure the last existing entry has a trailing comma before we append.