diff --git a/platform/homepage/configmap.yaml b/platform/homepage/configmap.yaml
index a59ed38..6f1affa 100644
--- a/platform/homepage/configmap.yaml
+++ b/platform/homepage/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Homepage configuration (gethomepage). Each key is mounted read-only into /app/config via a subPath
 # (deployment.yaml) — the exact file set the app expects (services/settings/bookmarks/widgets +
-# docker/kubernetes + custom.css/js). Plain link tiles only: NO service-widget API keys are wired
+# docker/kubernetes/proxmox + custom.css/js). Plain link tiles only: NO service-widget API keys are wired
 # here (that needs per-service secrets — flagged as a follow-up), so nothing sensitive lives in this
 # ConfigMap. Icons use the app-BUNDLED Material Design set (`mdi-*`) so no icon CDN is fetched and the
 # pod's egress stays DNS-only (networkpolicy.yaml). Brand icons (selfh.st/dashboard-icons) would need
@@ -131,5 +131,13 @@ data:
   kubernetes.yaml: |
     ---
 
+  # No Proxmox integration. Homepage v2.1.2 treats proxmox.yaml as a REQUIRED config file (it is in
+  # the image skeleton dir /app/src/skeleton) and copies a default skeleton into /app/config when it
+  # is missing — which EACCES-crashes the pod because the config dir is a read-only subPath mount.
+  # Provide it here (empty) so Homepage finds it and never writes at runtime. A live PVE widget would
+  # need pve url/token/secret in a Secret — deliberately not wired.
+  proxmox.yaml: |
+    ---
+
   custom.css: ""
   custom.js: ""
diff --git a/platform/homepage/deployment.yaml b/platform/homepage/deployment.yaml
index 1486d1d..c8bbce4 100644
--- a/platform/homepage/deployment.yaml
+++ b/platform/homepage/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: homepage
       annotations:
         # Re-roll the pod when the config changes (ConfigMap subPath mounts do NOT hot-reload).
-        checksum/config: config-v1
+        checksum/config: config-v2
     spec:
       automountServiceAccountToken: false
       securityContext:
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ spec:
             - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/widgets.yaml, subPath: widgets.yaml, readOnly: true }
             - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/docker.yaml, subPath: docker.yaml, readOnly: true }
             - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/kubernetes.yaml, subPath: kubernetes.yaml, readOnly: true }
+            # proxmox.yaml is ALSO a required file in Homepage v2.1.2's skeleton — provide it so the
+            # app never copies a skeleton into the read-only /app/config (EACCES crash otherwise).
+            - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/proxmox.yaml, subPath: proxmox.yaml, readOnly: true }
             - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/custom.css, subPath: custom.css, readOnly: true }
             - { name: homepage-config, mountPath: /app/config/custom.js, subPath: custom.js, readOnly: true }
             # Writable scratch for Homepage's runtime logs (it writes /app/config/logs).