diff --git a/app/components/HeroDecor.js b/app/components/HeroDecor.js
index ab12715..725744c 100644
--- a/app/components/HeroDecor.js
+++ b/app/components/HeroDecor.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ const HeroDecor = ({ className = "" }) => {
             {/* 1) make noise */}
             <feTurbulence
               type="fractalNoise"
-              baseFrequency="0.8"
-              numOctaves="2"
-              seed="3"
+              baseFrequency="0.4"
+              numOctaves="3"
+              seed="7"
               stitchTiles="stitch"
               result="noise"
             />
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ const HeroDecor = ({ className = "" }) => {
               result="softNoise"
               type="matrix"
               values="
-              0 0 0 0 0
-              0 0 0 0 0
-              0 0 0 0 0
-              0 0 0 0.15 0"
+              0.1 0 0 0 0.05
+              0 0.1 0 0 0.05
+              0 0 0.1 0 0.05
+              0 0 0 0.25 0"
             />
             {/* 3) MASK noise to the element's alpha only */}
             <feComposite
diff --git a/app/components/QuoteBlock.js b/app/components/QuoteBlock.js
index 3598a2f..8252ef4 100644
--- a/app/components/QuoteBlock.js
+++ b/app/components/QuoteBlock.js
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ const QuoteBlock = ({
       <div
         className={`${config.card} bg-[var(--color-surface-default-brand-darker-accent)] relative overflow-hidden`}
       >
+        {/* Background with noise texture */}
+        <div
+          className="absolute inset-0 bg-[var(--color-surface-default-brand-darker-accent)]"
+          style={{
+            filter:
+              'url(\'data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><defs><filter id="grain" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="0" y="0" width="1" height="1" colorInterpolationFilters="sRGB"><feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.4" numOctaves="3" seed="7" stitchTiles="stitch" result="noise"/><feColorMatrix in="noise" result="softNoise" type="matrix" values="0.1 0 0 0 0.05 0 0.1 0 0 0.05 0 0 0.1 0 0.05 0 0 0 0.25 0"/><feComposite in="softNoise" in2="SourceAlpha" operator="in" result="maskedNoise"/><feBlend in="SourceGraphic" in2="maskedNoise" mode="multiply"/></filter></defs></svg>#grain\')',
+          }}
+        />
+
         {/* DECORATIONS (behind content) */}
         {config.showDecor && (
           <QuoteDecor