diff --git a/src/components/art-tray.js b/src/components/art-tray.js
index b18a95f..54f96c7 100644
--- a/src/components/art-tray.js
+++ b/src/components/art-tray.js
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@ export class ArtTray extends HTMLElement {
   }
   connectedCallback() { this.render(); }
 
-  render() {
-    const results = searchArt(this.manifest, this._query);
-    const grid = results.map((a) => `
+  renderThumb(a) {
+    return `
       <button class="thumb" data-art-id="${escapeHtml(a.id)}" title="${escapeHtml(a.label)}">
         <img src="${escapeHtml(a.src)}" alt="${escapeHtml(a.label)}" loading="lazy" />
         <span class="thumb-cap">${escapeHtml(a.label)}</span>
-      </button>`).join('');
+      </button>`;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const results = searchArt(this.manifest, this._query);
+    const grid = results.map((a) => this.renderThumb(a)).join('');
 
     this.innerHTML = `
       <div class="art-tray">
@@ -33,11 +37,7 @@ export class ArtTray extends HTMLElement {
   renderResults() {
     const results = searchArt(this.manifest, this._query);
     const container = this.querySelector('[data-role=art-results]');
-    container.innerHTML = results.map((a) => `
-      <button class="thumb" data-art-id="${escapeHtml(a.id)}" title="${escapeHtml(a.label)}">
-        <img src="${escapeHtml(a.src)}" alt="${escapeHtml(a.label)}" loading="lazy" />
-        <span class="thumb-cap">${escapeHtml(a.label)}</span>
-      </button>`).join('') || '<div class="art-empty">No matches</div>';
+    container.innerHTML = results.map((a) => this.renderThumb(a)).join('') || '<div class="art-empty">No matches</div>';
     this.bindThumbs();
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/components/art-tray.test.js b/tests/components/art-tray.test.js
index 69531e3..88f5feb 100644
--- a/tests/components/art-tray.test.js
+++ b/tests/components/art-tray.test.js
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ describe('<art-tray>', () => {
     expect(detail).toEqual({ src: '/art/b.png', label: 'Neon street' });
   });
 
-  it('escapes a query containing a quote (input does not break)', () => {
-    const input = el.querySelector('[data-role=art-query]');
-    input.value = 'rain " <x>';
-    input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
-    expect(el.querySelector('[data-role=art-query]').value).toBe('rain " <x>');
+  it('escapes malicious manifest label/src in rendered thumbnails', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '';
+    const bad = document.createElement('art-tray');
+    bad.manifest = [{ id: 'x', src: '/art/x.png', label: 'evil" onerror="boom', tags: ['x'] }];
+    document.body.appendChild(bad);
+    const img = bad.querySelector('[data-art-id="x"] img');
+    expect(img).not.toBe(null);
+    expect(img.hasAttribute('onerror')).toBe(false);       // attribute not injected
+    expect(img.getAttribute('alt')).toBe('evil" onerror="boom'); // literal value, escaped then parsed back
   });
 });