diff --git a/website/src/components/Header/Header.astro b/website/src/components/Header/Header.astro
index c3b1b9c3..e9626677 100644
--- a/website/src/components/Header/Header.astro
+++ b/website/src/components/Header/Header.astro
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL
   <div class="flex overflow-visible items-center grow" style="overflow:visible">
     <div class="flex items-center text-2xl space-x-2">
       <h1 class="font-bold flex space-x-2 items-baseline text-xl">
-        <span>🌀</span>
+        <span class="block rotate-90 text-blue-500">꩜</span>
         <div class="flex space-x-2 items-baseline">
           <span class="">strudel</span>
-          <span class="text-sm">DOCS</span>
-          <a href={`${baseNoTrailing}/`} class="text-sm opacity-25">REPL</a>
+          <span class="text-sm font-medium">DOCS</span>
         </div>
       </h1>
     </div>
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
index 2789e4a1..f65dac68 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/Header.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import AcademicCapIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/AcademicCapIcon';
+/* import AcademicCapIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/AcademicCapIcon';
 import ArrowPathIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/ArrowPathIcon';
 import LinkIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/LinkIcon';
+import SparklesIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/SparklesIcon'; */
 import PlayCircleIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/PlayCircleIcon';
-import SparklesIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/SparklesIcon';
 import StopCircleIcon from '@heroicons/react/20/solid/StopCircleIcon';
 import cx from '@src/cx.mjs';
 import { useSettings, setIsZen } from '../../settings.mjs';
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
     <header
       id="header"
       className={cx(
-        'flex-none text-black  z-[100] text-lg select-none h-14',
+        'flex-none text-black  z-[100] text-lg select-none h-20 md:h-14',
         !isZen && !isEmbedded && 'bg-lineHighlight',
         isZen ? 'h-12 w-8 fixed top-0 left-0' : 'sticky top-0 w-full py-1 justify-between',
         isEmbedded ? 'flex' : 'md:flex',
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
             className={cx(
               'mt-[1px]',
               started && !isCSSAnimationDisabled && 'animate-spin',
-              'cursor-pointer',
+              'cursor-pointer text-blue-500',
               isZen && 'fixed top-2 right-4',
             )}
             onClick={() => {
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
               }
             }}
           >
-            🌀
+            <span className="block rotate-90">꩜</span>
           </div>
           {!isZen && (
-            <div className={cx(started && !isCSSAnimationDisabled && 'animate-pulse', 'space-x-2')}>
+            <div className="space-x-2">
               <span className="">strudel</span>
-              <span className="text-sm">REPL</span>
-              {!isEmbedded && (
-                <a href={`${baseNoTrailing}/learn`} className="text-sm opacity-25">
+              <span className="text-sm font-medium">REPL</span>
+              {!isEmbedded && isButtonRowHidden && (
+                <a href={`${baseNoTrailing}/learn`} className="text-sm opacity-25 font-medium">
                   DOCS
                 </a>
               )}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
         </h1>
       </div>
       {!isZen && !isButtonRowHidden && (
-        <div className="flex max-w-full overflow-auto text-foreground">
+        <div className="flex max-w-full overflow-auto text-foreground px-1 md:px-2">
           <button
             onClick={handleTogglePlay}
             title={started ? 'stop' : 'play'}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
             )}
           >
             {!pending ? (
-              <span className={cx('flex items-center space-x-1', isEmbedded ? '' : 'w-16')}>
+              <span className={cx('flex items-center space-x-2')}>
                 {started ? <StopCircleIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> : <PlayCircleIcon className="w-6 h-6" />}
                 {!isEmbedded && <span>{started ? 'stop' : 'play'}</span>}
               </span>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
             )}
           >
             {/*             <CommandLineIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> */}
-            <ArrowPathIcon className="w-6 h-6" />
+            {/* <ArrowPathIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> */}
             {!isEmbedded && <span>update</span>}
           </button>
           {!isEmbedded && (
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
               className="hover:opacity-50 p-2 flex items-center space-x-1"
               onClick={handleShuffle}
             >
-              <SparklesIcon className="w-6 h-6" />
+              {/* <SparklesIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> */}
               <span> shuffle</span>
             </button>
           )}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
               )}
               onClick={handleShare}
             >
-              <LinkIcon className="w-6 h-6" />
+              {/* <LinkIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> */}
               <span>share</span>
             </button>
           )}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export function Header({ context, embedded = false }) {
               href={`${baseNoTrailing}/workshop/getting-started/`}
               className={cx('hover:opacity-50 flex items-center space-x-1', !isEmbedded ? 'p-2' : 'px-2')}
             >
-              <AcademicCapIcon className="w-6 h-6" />
+              {/* <AcademicCapIcon className="w-6 h-6" /> */}
               <span>learn</span>
             </a>
           )}
diff --git a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
index b7d45bfd..3e77e71b 100644
--- a/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
+++ b/website/src/repl/components/panel/WelcomeTab.jsx
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL
 export function WelcomeTab({ context }) {
   return (
     <div className="prose dark:prose-invert min-w-full pt-2 font-sans pb-8 px-4 ">
-      <h3>
-        <span className={cx('animate-spin inline-block select-none')}>🌀</span> welcome
-      </h3>
+      <h3>꩜ welcome</h3>
       <p>
         You have found <span className="underline">strudel</span>, a new live coding platform to write dynamic music
         pieces in the browser! It is free and open-source and made for beginners and experts alike. To get started:
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export function WelcomeTab({ context }) {
         </a>{' '}
         to ask any questions, give feedback or just say hello.
       </p>
-      <h3>about</h3>
+      <h3>꩜ about</h3>
       <p>
         strudel is a JavaScript version of{' '}
         <a href="https://tidalcycles.org/" target="_blank">