diff --git a/src/components/HeatMap.tsx b/src/components/HeatMap.tsx
index 86831f2..03cf5b5 100644
--- a/src/components/HeatMap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/HeatMap.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function HeatMap({ transactions }: HeatMapProps) {
     };
   }, []);
 
-  // Crossfade: capture current heatmap → update underneath → fade out overlay
+  // True crossfade: old frame (overlay) fades out WHILE new frame (canvas) fades in simultaneously
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!heatRef.current || !mapRef.current) return;
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function HeatMap({ transactions }: HeatMapProps) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // 1. Freeze previous frame in overlay (canvas still at opacity 1)
+    // 1. Capture old frame into overlay
     try {
       overlay.src = canvas.toDataURL();
     } catch {
@@ -99,18 +99,27 @@ export function HeatMap({ transactions }: HeatMapProps) {
       return;
     }
 
-    // 2. Snap overlay visible — cancel any running transition first
+    // 2. Snap overlay to visible, cancel any running transition
     overlay.style.transition = 'none';
-    void overlay.offsetWidth; // flush
     overlay.style.opacity = '1';
 
-    // 3. Update canvas underneath (canvas always at opacity 1, covered by overlay)
+    // 3. Hide canvas (new frame will fade in from here)
+    canvas.style.transition = 'none';
+    canvas.style.opacity = '0';
+
+    // flush both
+    void overlay.offsetWidth;
+
+    // 4. Draw new data onto canvas (invisible at opacity 0)
     update();
 
-    // 4. After Leaflet redraws: dissolve overlay away, revealing new frame
+    // 5. Simultaneously: canvas fades in, overlay fades out → true crossfade
     const raf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        overlay.style.transition = 'opacity 0.5s ease-in-out';
+        const DURATION = '0.55s ease-in-out';
+        canvas.style.transition = `opacity ${DURATION}`;
+        canvas.style.opacity = '1';
+        overlay.style.transition = `opacity ${DURATION}`;
         overlay.style.opacity = '0';
       });
     });