diff --git a/src/odin/interfaces.cjs b/src/odin/interfaces.cjs
index d8a8a8c..7386c37 100644
--- a/src/odin/interfaces.cjs
+++ b/src/odin/interfaces.cjs
@@ -211,6 +211,40 @@ function localIpv4Prefixes() {
 }
 
 async function fetchEveProvider(url, providerId, manifest = null) {
+  const direct = await fetchEveProviderDirect(providerDeckUrl(url, providerId), providerId, manifest);
+  if (direct.state === "active") {
+    return direct;
+  }
+
+  const broker = await fetchEveProviderViaBroker(url, providerId, manifest);
+  if (broker.state === "active") {
+    return broker;
+  }
+
+  return broker.detail ? broker : direct;
+}
+
+async function fetchEveProviderDirect(url, providerId, manifest = null) {
+  try {
+    const socket = await openWebSocket(url);
+    try {
+      for (let index = 0; index < 3; index += 1) {
+        const message = await readServerTextFrame(socket, 1000);
+        const state = JSON.parse(message);
+        if (state?.providerId === providerId) {
+          return activeProviderInterface(url, providerId, state, manifest);
+        }
+      }
+      return dashboardUnavailable(providerId, url, "direct provider stream did not publish matching state");
+    } finally {
+      socket.destroy();
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return dashboardUnavailable(providerId, url, error.message);
+  }
+}
+
+async function fetchEveProviderViaBroker(url, providerId, manifest = null) {
   try {
     const socket = await openWebSocket(url);
     try {
@@ -219,18 +253,7 @@ async function fetchEveProvider(url, providerId, manifest = null) {
         const message = await readServerTextFrame(socket, 2500);
         const state = JSON.parse(message);
         if (state?.providerId === providerId) {
-          const surface = state.surface?.root ? state.surface : legacySurfaceFromNodes(state, manifest);
-          return {
-            providerId,
-            title: state.title || manifest?.title || providerId,
-            state: "active",
-            detail: `${surface?.root?.kind || "surface"} ${countSurfaceNodes(surface, state)} nodes`,
-            version: state.version,
-            updatedAt: state.updatedAt,
-            source: url,
-            manifest,
-            surface,
-          };
+          return activeProviderInterface(url, providerId, state, manifest);
         }
       }
       return dashboardUnavailable(providerId, url, "provider did not publish matching state");
@@ -242,6 +265,28 @@ async function fetchEveProvider(url, providerId, manifest = null) {
   }
 }
 
+function activeProviderInterface(source, providerId, state, manifest = null) {
+  const surface = state.surface?.root ? state.surface : legacySurfaceFromNodes(state, manifest);
+  return {
+    providerId,
+    title: state.title || manifest?.title || providerId,
+    state: "active",
+    detail: `${surface?.root?.kind || "surface"} ${countSurfaceNodes(surface, state)} nodes`,
+    version: state.version,
+    updatedAt: state.updatedAt,
+    source,
+    manifest,
+    surface,
+  };
+}
+
+function providerDeckUrl(url, providerId) {
+  const deck = new URL(url);
+  deck.pathname = `/eve/deck/${encodeURIComponent(providerId)}`;
+  deck.search = "";
+  return deck.toString();
+}
+
 function dashboardUnavailable(providerId, source, detail) {
   return {
     providerId,
diff --git a/src/odin/surface.cjs b/src/odin/surface.cjs
index 6ca43e3..de42d13 100644
--- a/src/odin/surface.cjs
+++ b/src/odin/surface.cjs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { observationPane } = require("./observations.cjs");
 const { stableId } = require("./utils.cjs");
 
 function buildSurface({ observedAt, docker, adb, hosts, yggdrasilServices, verses, interfaces, observations, layout }) {
-  const activeInterfaces = interfaces.filter(hasOverviewSignal);
+  const activeInterfaces = interfaces.filter((entry) => entry?.surface?.root);
   const activeObservationStreams = observations.streams.filter((entry) => entry.state === "active");
   return {
     schema: "gamecult.eve.surface.v1",
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function buildSurface({ observedAt, docker, adb, hosts, yggdrasilServices, verse
               source: entry.source,
               status: entry.state,
               detail: entry.detail,
+              overviewSignal: hasOverviewSignal(entry),
               version: entry.version,
               updatedAt: entry.updatedAt,
               layout: mergeLayoutIntent(layout.tiles?.[entry.providerId], entry, interfaces),
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ function stonksHasOverviewSignal(root, text) {
 function marketMarqueeText(interfaces) {
   const stonks = interfaces.find((entry) => String(entry.providerId || "").toLowerCase() === "stonks.market");
   const root = stonks?.surface?.root;
-  if (!root) return "";
+  if (!root) return generalMarqueeText(interfaces);
   const explicit = String(root.props?.marqueeText || "").trim();
   if (explicit) return explicit;
   return surfaceText(root)
@@ -105,6 +106,19 @@ function marketMarqueeText(interfaces) {
     .join(" / ");
 }
 
+function generalMarqueeText(interfaces) {
+  return interfaces
+    .filter((entry) => entry?.surface?.root && entry.state === "active")
+    .flatMap((entry) => surfaceText(entry.surface.root)
+      .split(/\r?\n/)
+      .map((line) => line.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map((line) => `${entry.title || entry.providerId}: ${line}`))
+    .filter((line) => !/\b(unavailable|not discovered|playing:\s*none|queue:\s*empty)\b/i.test(line))
+    .slice(0, 24)
+    .join(" / ");
+}
+
 function spotiverseHasOverviewSignal(root, text) {
   const status = String(root.props?.status || "").toLowerCase();
   if (status === "warn" && /\brate limit\b/i.test(text)) return false;
diff --git a/src/odin/websocket.cjs b/src/odin/websocket.cjs
index 94bcaeb..df8a4b1 100644
--- a/src/odin/websocket.cjs
+++ b/src/odin/websocket.cjs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ function openWebSocket(url) {
         return;
       }
       socket.off("data", onHandshake);
-      socket.unshift(buffer.subarray(marker + 4));
+      socket.odinPendingData = buffer.subarray(marker + 4);
       resolve(socket);
     });
     socket.on("timeout", () => {
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ function sendClientFrame(socket, textValue) {
 
 function readServerTextFrame(socket, timeoutMs) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    let buffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
+    let buffer = socket.odinPendingData || Buffer.alloc(0);
+    socket.odinPendingData = null;
     const timer = setTimeout(() => cleanup(new Error("timed out waiting for dashboard frame")), timeoutMs);
     function cleanup(error, value) {
       clearTimeout(timer);
@@ -395,6 +396,13 @@ function readServerTextFrame(socket, timeoutMs) {
     }
     socket.on("data", onData);
     socket.on("error", onError);
+    const frame = tryReadFrame(buffer);
+    if (frame) {
+      buffer = buffer.subarray(frame.consumed);
+      socket.odinPendingData = buffer.length ? buffer : null;
+      if (frame.opcode === 0x1) cleanup(null, frame.payload.toString("utf8"));
+      if (frame.opcode === 0x8) cleanup(new Error("dashboard websocket closed"));
+    }
   });
 }