diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 186bcbc..1a6332e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); version
### Fixed
+- panel: the **Settings** navigation icon was a sun-with-rays (circle plus
+ spokes), not a gear. It now uses a toothed cog so it matches the other
+ session icons and the 1.2.0 release note.
- panel: the user create/edit form placed «Back to users» at the bottom of the
card instead of under the heading like the delivery, domain, and domain-delete
pages. A shared `back_link` template now renders every drill-down up-link, and
diff --git a/internal/web/view/templates/layout.html b/internal/web/view/templates/layout.html
index 7e35be2..af5620c 100644
--- a/internal/web/view/templates/layout.html
+++ b/internal/web/view/templates/layout.html
@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@
{{/* Two silhouettes, the nearer one drawn last so it reads in front — the
picture of a group rather than a single account. */}}
{{define "icon-users"}}{{end}}
-{{define "icon-settings"}}{{end}}
+{{/* A gear (Feather "settings"), not a sun-with-rays: at 16 px spokes alone
+ read as brightness, while the toothed rim is the picture of configuration.
+ viewBox 0 0 24 matches the source path; CSS sizes the icon to 1 rem. */}}
+{{define "icon-settings"}}{{end}}
{{/* Sign out is the one icon here that marks an action rather than a page: an
open door with the arrow leading out of it. */}}
{{define "icon-sign-out"}}{{end}}