diff --git a/src/components/Logo.jsx b/src/components/Logo.jsx
index 4564b68..f2ac0c2 100644
--- a/src/components/Logo.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Logo.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // ==============================|| DOORMILE WORDMARK LOGO ||============================== //
 // Uses the brand wordmark asset (white PNG). `onDark` shows it as-is on dark/red
 // surfaces; on light surfaces it is recoloured to near-black. `compact` (e.g. the
-// navbar) renders the square navbar mark instead, since the wordmark won't fit.
+// collapsed navbar rail) pairs the round navbar mark with a "Doormile" text
+// wordmark instead, since the full wordmark image is too wide to fit there.
 
 const LOGO_SRC = '/Doormile-logo.png';
 const NAVBAR_MARK_SRC = '/navbarLogo.png';
@@ -9,18 +10,48 @@ const NAVBAR_MARK_SRC = '/navbarLogo.png';
 export default function Logo({ onDark = false, compact = false, height = 26, size = 64, style = {} }) {
   if (compact) {
     return (
-      <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', ...style }}>
+      <div
+        style={{
+          display: 'flex',
+          alignItems: 'center',
+          gap: 9,
+          // Nudges the mark so its optical centre lines up with the collapsed
+          // sidebar's icon column directly beneath it (measured ~2px apart —
+          // the two live in separate layout trees with their own padding, so
+          // this small correction keeps them reading as one straight column).
+          marginInlineStart: 2,
+          ...style
+        }}
+      >
         <img
           src={NAVBAR_MARK_SRC}
-          alt="Doormile"
+          // Adjacent text already announces the brand name, so the mark stays
+          // decorative here rather than making screen readers say it twice.
+          alt=""
           style={{
             width: size,
             height: size,
             display: 'block',
             objectFit: 'cover',
-            flexShrink: 0
+            flexShrink: 0,
+            // Matches the mark's original standalone (pre-wordmark) visual
+            // size exactly — scaling only the icon, not the row, keeps the
+            // new "Doormile" text at its own natural size beside it.
+            transform: 'scale(1.4)'
           }}
         />
+        <span
+          style={{
+            fontSize: 20,
+            fontWeight: 700,
+            letterSpacing: '-0.01em',
+            lineHeight: 1,
+            whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+            color: onDark ? '#ffffff' : '#0A1317'
+          }}
+        >
+          Doormile
+        </span>
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/layout/MainLayout/Header.jsx b/src/layout/MainLayout/Header.jsx
index a20ae17..7c60a7b 100644
--- a/src/layout/MainLayout/Header.jsx
+++ b/src/layout/MainLayout/Header.jsx
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ export default function Header({ isSidebarCollapsed }) {
               compact={isSidebarCollapsed}
               size={isSidebarCollapsed ? 36 : 32}
               height={28}
-              // Scaling visually enlarges the mark without growing its layout
-              // box, so the navbar row keeps its original width/height instead
-              // of stretching taller every time the logo gets bigger.
-              style={isSidebarCollapsed ? { transform: 'scale(1.4)' } : undefined}
             />
           }
           headingHref="/dashboard"