diff --git a/game.py b/game.py
index 066fabd..edef4d5 100644
--- a/game.py
+++ b/game.py
@@ -4585,7 +4585,6 @@ def happiness(world: dict, now: float) -> dict:
     band = mood(world)
     return {
         "score": round(city["happiness"], 3), "target": round(target, 3), "name": band["name"], "icon": band["icon"],
-        "heading": next(b["name"] for b in MOODS if target < b["below"]),
         "effects": {key: band[key] for key in ("growth", "militia", "work", "leave")},
         "needs": {key: {**needs[key], "score": round(needs[key]["score"], 3), "weight": NEEDS[key]} for key in active},
         "locked": [key for key in NEEDS if key not in active],
diff --git a/static/app.js b/static/app.js
index 880b986..fe09c47 100644
--- a/static/app.js
+++ b/static/app.js
@@ -2054,11 +2054,12 @@ const NEED_NAMES = { food: ["🍲", "Food"], warmth: ["🔥", "Firewood"], cloth
 const NEED_TIERS = { warmth: "Village", clothes: "Town" };
 const pct = (x) => `${Math.round(x * 100)}%`;
 
+const moodTrend = (h) => Math.abs(h.target - h.score) < .005 ? "Steady" : h.target > h.score ? "↗ Growing" : "↘ Falling";
+
 function moodStat() {
   const h = S.city.happiness;
-  const trend = Math.abs(h.target - h.score) < .005 ? "Steady" : `${h.target > h.score ? "↗" : "↘"} ${h.heading}`;
-  return `<div class="stat" title="${esc(`Mood ${pct(h.score)}, heading to ${pct(h.target)}`)}"><div class="k">Mood ${h.icon}</div>
-    <div class="v ${h.score < .4 ? "bad" : ""}">${h.name}</div><div class="note">${trend}</div></div>`;
+  return `<div class="stat" title="${esc(`Mood ${pct(h.score)}`)}"><div class="k">Mood ${h.icon}</div>
+    <div class="v ${h.score < .4 ? "bad" : ""}">${h.name}</div><div class="note">${moodTrend(h)}</div></div>`;
 }
 
 function moodPanel() {
@@ -2070,8 +2071,8 @@ function moodPanel() {
   const mods = h.mods.map((m) => `<span class="tag ${m.value < 0 ? "bad" : "good"}">${esc(m.name)} ${m.value > 0 ? "+" : "−"}${pct(Math.abs(m.value))}</span>`).join("");
   const effects = [`🌱 Growth ${pct(e.growth)}`, `🛡️ Guards ${pct(e.militia)}`, `🔨 Labour ${pct(e.work)}`, `${COIN} Taxes ${pct(e.work)}`,
     ...(e.leave ? [`<span class="bad">🚶 ${pct(e.leave)} leave a day</span>`] : [])];
-  return `<div class="panel mood"><h2>${h.icon} Townsfolk · ${h.name}</h2>
-    <div class="mood-bar" title="${esc(`Now ${pct(h.score)} · heading to ${pct(h.target)}`)}"><span style="width:${h.score * 100}%;--c:var(--${h.score < .4 ? "bad" : h.score < .6 ? "warn" : "good"})"></span><i style="left:${h.target * 100}%"></i></div>
+  return `<div class="panel mood"><h2>${h.icon} Townsfolk · ${h.name} · ${moodTrend(h)}</h2>
+    <div class="mood-bar" title="${esc(`Mood ${pct(h.score)}`)}"><span style="width:${100 - h.score * 100}%"></span></div>
     <div class="mood-effects small">${effects.join(" · ")}</div>
     <div class="needs">${needs}</div>
     ${mods || locked ? `<div class="mood-tags">${mods}${locked}</div>` : ""}</div>`;
diff --git a/static/styles.css b/static/styles.css
index 4d07b5d..1dbae87 100644
--- a/static/styles.css
+++ b/static/styles.css
@@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ button.swatch { width: 36px; height: 36px; }
 .qp-then .x { background: none; border: 0; color: var(--muted); cursor: pointer; font-size: 11px; padding: 0 2px; }
 
 /* Townsfolk mood */
-.mood-bar { position: relative; height: 12px; border-radius: 99px; margin: 4px 0 8px;
-  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e2645c33, #e3a04333 40%, #5cbf6a33); }
-.mood-bar > span { display: block; height: 100%; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--c); }
-.mood-bar > i { position: absolute; top: -3px; bottom: -3px; width: 2px; margin-left: -1px; background: var(--text); border-radius: 2px; }
+/* The whole bar is the red → yellow → green scale; the part above the mood is covered by the track. */
+.mood-bar { position: relative; height: 12px; border-radius: 99px; margin: 4px 0 8px; overflow: hidden;
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--bad), #e3c34a 50%, var(--good)); }
+.mood-bar > span { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; background: var(--bg); }
 .mood-effects { color: var(--muted); margin-bottom: 12px; }
 .needs { display: grid; gap: 18px; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px, 1fr)); }
 .need-head { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; margin-bottom: 8px; }