diff --git a/src/_includes/components/landing/hero.njk b/src/_includes/components/landing/hero.njk
index ce5bd18..a0ad598 100644
--- a/src/_includes/components/landing/hero.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/components/landing/hero.njk
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 <section id="hero">
   <div id="hero-image" class="image-with-shadow">
-    <img src="/assets/images/explosion.png" alt="start9 hero; voxel explosion" title="start9 hero; voxel explosion">
-    <img as="image" class="img-shadow" src="/assets/images/explosion.png" alt="">
   </div>
   <div id="logo">
-    {% include "svgs/logo.svg" %}
+    {% include "svgs/start9-brand.svg" %}
     <span>sovereign computing</span>
   </div>
 </section>
diff --git a/src/assets/images/startOS.png b/src/assets/images/startOS.png
index e6a24f9..d8f1804 100644
Binary files a/src/assets/images/startOS.png and b/src/assets/images/startOS.png differ
diff --git a/src/assets/js/appearance-animation.js b/src/assets/js/appearance-animation.js
index 8489e87..e0b564d 100644
--- a/src/assets/js/appearance-animation.js
+++ b/src/assets/js/appearance-animation.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gsap.from("#hero-to-pitch path:first-child", {
   scrollTrigger: {
     trigger: "#hero-to-pitch",
     scrub: true,
-    start: "top 50%", // "triggerElement page"
+    start: "top 90%", // "triggerElement page"
     end: "bottom 50%", // "triggerElement page"
     toggleActions: defaultActions,
   },
diff --git a/src/assets/styles/landing.scss b/src/assets/styles/landing.scss
index 2d0a903..d15170a 100644
--- a/src/assets/styles/landing.scss
+++ b/src/assets/styles/landing.scss
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ nav {
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   svg {
-    width: 15rem;
+    width: 20rem;
     margin-top: 0.6rem;
   }
   span {
-    padding-top: 0.1rem;
+    padding-top: 1rem;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     font-weight: 400;
     letter-spacing: .1ch;