diff --git a/app/next.config.ts b/app/next.config.ts
index 41a9c18..d51e7cc 100644
--- a/app/next.config.ts
+++ b/app/next.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import type { NextConfig } from "next";
 
-const nextConfig: NextConfig = {/* config options here */};
+const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
+  // Hides the on-screen dev-mode route indicator badge. Compile/runtime error overlays still show.
+  devIndicators: false,
+};
 
 export default nextConfig;