diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/login/LoginPage.vue b/frontend/src/pages/login/LoginPage.vue
index fc85797f..4ce85357 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/login/LoginPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/login/LoginPage.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 <script setup>
-import { onMounted, reactive, ref } from 'vue';
+import { computed, onMounted, reactive, ref } from 'vue';
 import { UserOutlined, LockOutlined, KeyOutlined, SettingOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons-vue';
+import { theme as antdTheme } from 'ant-design-vue';
 
 import { HttpUtil } from '@/utils';
-import { currentTheme } from '@/composables/useTheme.js';
+import { currentTheme, theme as themeState } from '@/composables/useTheme.js';
 import ThemeSwitchLogin from '@/components/ThemeSwitchLogin.vue';
 
+// Drive AD-Vue 4's built-in dark algorithm from our useTheme state.
+// This re-themes every AD-Vue component without depending on the
+// legacy panel's custom.min.css.
+const antdThemeConfig = computed(() => ({
+  algorithm: themeState.isDark ? antdTheme.darkAlgorithm : antdTheme.defaultAlgorithm,
+}));
+
 // Phase 4 ships this page in English only. Translations come back in
 // Phase 7 (vue-i18n) once we decide how the new build pipeline reads
 // the existing TOML translation files.
@@ -47,7 +55,8 @@ async function login() {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <a-layout class="login-app">
+  <a-config-provider :theme="antdThemeConfig">
+  <a-layout class="login-app" :class="{ 'is-dark': themeState.isDark }">
     <a-layout-content class="login-content">
       <div class="waves-header">
         <svg class="waves" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ async function login() {
       </a-row>
     </a-layout-content>
   </a-layout>
+  </a-config-provider>
 </template>
 
 <style scoped>
@@ -146,6 +156,16 @@ async function login() {
   min-height: 100vh;
   background: #f0f2f5;
 }
+.login-app.is-dark {
+  background: #141a26;
+}
+.login-app.is-dark :deep(.login-card) {
+  background: #1f2937;
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
+}
+.login-app.is-dark :deep(.login-title) {
+  color: #2dd4bf;
+}
 
 .login-settings {
   display: flex;
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.js b/frontend/vite.config.js
index 00d9ac54..6dd77531 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.js
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 // via embed.FS without reaching outside the web/ tree.
 const outDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../web/dist');
 
+// Build a proxy config that suppresses ECONNREFUSED noise when the Go
+// backend isn't running locally. Real errors (timeouts, 5xx, etc.) still
+// surface in the Vite log.
+function makeBackendProxy(target, patterns) {
+  const config = {};
+  for (const pattern of patterns) {
+    config[pattern] = {
+      target,
+      changeOrigin: true,
+      configure(proxy) {
+        proxy.on('error', (err) => {
+          if (err.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') return;
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.error('[proxy]', err);
+        });
+      },
+    };
+  }
+  return config;
+}
+
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [vue()],
   resolve: {
@@ -30,13 +51,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
   server: {
     port: 5173,
     strictPort: true,
-    proxy: {
-      // Proxy API calls during `npm run dev` to the local Go panel.
+    proxy: makeBackendProxy('http://localhost:2053', [
       // Patterns are anchored regex so /login.html and /index.html
       // (which Vite serves itself) are NOT forwarded — only the bare
       // backend paths and their sub-routes.
-      '^/(login|logout|getTwoFactorEnable)$': 'http://localhost:2053',
-      '^/(panel|server)(/|$)': 'http://localhost:2053',
-    },
+      '^/(login|logout|getTwoFactorEnable)$',
+      '^/(panel|server)(/|$)',
+    ]),
   },
 });