diff --git a/containers/libreportal/backend/routes/docker-info-routes.js b/containers/libreportal/backend/routes/docker-info-routes.js
index 5e33880..69a7935 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/backend/routes/docker-info-routes.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/backend/routes/docker-info-routes.js
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 //     Last N lines of combined stdout/stderr, multiplex-decoded.
 //
 //   GET /api/system/storage
-//     `docker system df` — total + reclaimable per category (images,
-//     containers, build cache). Cached for STORAGE_TTL_MS because this is one
-//     of the more expensive calls on a busy daemon. Named volumes are omitted:
-//     LibrePortal apps keep data in bind mounts, so volume accounting is always
-//     ~empty here — per-app on-disk usage is generated separately (see
-//     webuiSystemAppStorage / /data/system/app_storage.json).
+//     `docker system df` — total + reclaimable for the engine overhead worth
+//     acting on (images, build cache). Cached for STORAGE_TTL_MS because this is
+//     one of the more expensive calls on a busy daemon. Named volumes and
+//     container writable layers are omitted: LibrePortal apps keep data in bind
+//     mounts, so both read ~empty here — per-app on-disk usage is generated
+//     separately (see webuiSystemAppStorage / /data/system/app_storage.json).
 //
 // Mounted at /api/system in routes.js (so paths are /api/system/containers
 // etc.). Uses the shared docker util (utils/docker.js) which talks to the
@@ -336,12 +336,15 @@ router.get('/storage', async (req, res) => {
     try {
         const df = await storageCache.get('df', () => dockerRequest('GET', '/system/df'));
         if (!df) return res.status(500).json({ error: 'no_data' });
-        // Roll the verbose response up into headline numbers per category.
-        // "Reclaimable" across this page reflects exactly what the Reclaim
-        // button frees: dangling images + the whole build cache. Tagged-but-
-        // unused images and stopped containers are deliberately NOT counted —
-        // the safe prune leaves them alone — so the headline number matches the
-        // button's effect instead of overstating it.
+        // Roll the verbose response up into headline numbers per category. We
+        // surface only the engine overhead worth acting on — images and build
+        // cache — and skip container writable layers: for LibrePortal that's a
+        // near-zero scratch number (app data lives in bind mounts, shown per-app
+        // elsewhere) that just confuses the picture.
+        // "Reclaimable" reflects exactly what the Reclaim button frees: dangling
+        // images + the whole build cache. Tagged-but-unused images are
+        // deliberately NOT counted — the safe prune leaves them alone — so the
+        // headline matches the button's effect instead of overstating it.
         const isDangling = (im) => {
             const tags = im.RepoTags || [];
             return tags.length === 0 || tags.every(t => t.includes('<none>'));
@@ -356,14 +359,6 @@ router.get('/storage', async (req, res) => {
             },
             { count: 0, size: 0, shared: 0, reclaimable: 0 }
         );
-        const sumContainers = (df.Containers || []).reduce(
-            (a, c) => {
-                a.count++;
-                a.size += c.SizeRw || 0;
-                return a;
-            },
-            { count: 0, size: 0, reclaimable: 0 }
-        );
         const sumBuild = (df.BuildCache || []).reduce(
             (a, b) => {
                 a.count++;
@@ -387,13 +382,12 @@ router.get('/storage', async (req, res) => {
                 containers: im.Containers || 0,
                 created: im.Created,
             }));
-        const total = sumImages.size + sumContainers.size + sumBuild.size;
-        const reclaimable = sumImages.reclaimable + sumContainers.reclaimable + sumBuild.reclaimable;
+        const total = sumImages.size + sumBuild.size;
+        const reclaimable = sumImages.reclaimable + sumBuild.reclaimable;
         res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
         res.json({
             total, reclaimable,
             images: sumImages,
-            containers: sumContainers,
             build_cache: sumBuild,
             top_images: topImages,
             updated: new Date().toISOString(),
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/system-storage-page.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/system-storage-page.js
index e53aa3f..e9e129d 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/system-storage-page.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/system-storage-page.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 //     generator). The headline view for LibrePortal, whose data lives in bind
 //     mounts, not named volumes.
 //   - Docker engine `docker system df` — headline total + reclaimable, a
-//     per-category donut (images / containers / build cache), per-category cards,
-//     and the top images by size.
+//     donut (images / build cache), per-category cards, and the top images by
+//     size. The daemon's own overhead, separate from the per-app data.
 //
 // One backend call (GET /api/system/storage), cached server-side for 5s.
 // A "Reclaim space" button runs the safe prune (build cache + dangling
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class SystemStoragePage {
                             <a href="/admin/config/system" data-back>Admin · System</a>
                         </div>
                         <h1>Storage</h1>
-                        <p class="sys-storage-sub">On-disk space by app, plus Docker's images, containers, and build cache.</p>
+                        <p class="sys-storage-sub">On-disk space by app, plus Docker's own engine usage.</p>
                     </div>
                     <button type="button" class="sys-storage-reclaim" data-storage-reclaim title="Clear build cache and dangling images (images in use and app data are kept)">
                         <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="15" height="15" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><polyline points="23 4 23 10 17 10"/><path d="M20.49 15a9 9 0 1 1-2.12-9.36L23 10"/></svg>
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ class SystemStoragePage {
     static segmentsFrom(d) {
         return [
             { key: 'images',      label: 'Images',      color: 'accent',         data: (d && d.images) || {} },
-            { key: 'containers',  label: 'Containers',  color: 'status-info',    data: (d && d.containers) || {} },
             { key: 'build_cache', label: 'Build cache', color: 'status-warning', data: (d && d.build_cache) || {} },
         ];
     }
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ class SystemStoragePage {
             </div>`;
 
         const catCards = `
-            <div class="sys-section-head"><h2>Categories</h2></div>
+            <div class="sys-section-head"><h2>Docker engine</h2><span class="sys-chart-meta">images &amp; build cache — the daemon's own usage, separate from your app data</span></div>
             <div class="sys-storage-cards">
                 ${segments.map(s => {
                     const v = s.data || {};