diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index e75961a..f3f6f8c 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         )),
         vehicle_icons: load_vehicle_icons(&resolve_db_path(
             "VEHICLE_DATA_CACHE_JSON",
-            "vehicle_data_cache_all.json",
+            "vehicle_data_cache.json",
         )),
     });
     tracing::info!(
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 6fdbad8..5252507 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ TSS_TEAMS_DB=./tss_teams.db
 # The backend loads these at startup to translate vehicle_internal (cdk) -> name
 # and resolve icon filenames for the game scoreboard.
 VEHICLE_TRANSLATIONS_JSON=/mnt/HC_Volume_105581488/STORAGE/CACHE/vehicle_translations.json
-VEHICLE_DATA_CACHE_JSON=/mnt/HC_Volume_105581488/STORAGE/CACHE/vehicle_data_cache_all.json
+# vehicle_data_cache.json (icons-only) is what the bots actually write; the
+# *_all variant (every vehicle, incl. iconless) also works if present.
+VEHICLE_DATA_CACHE_JSON=/mnt/HC_Volume_105581488/STORAGE/CACHE/vehicle_data_cache.json
 # Directory of vehicle icon PNGs served at /vehicle-icons (deploy-time copy/symlink
 # of SHARED/ICONS/VEHICLES). VEHICLE_ICONS_SRC is the deploy source.
 VEHICLE_ICONS_DIR=./dist/vehicle-icons