diff --git a/backend/novasonic-server.js b/backend/novasonic-server.js
index 7b11403..410ed14 100644
--- a/backend/novasonic-server.js
+++ b/backend/novasonic-server.js
@@ -72,28 +72,37 @@ function parseSpotifyUrl(url) {
 function _fetchTimeout(url, opts = {}, ms = 10000) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const u = new URL(url);
+    const label = u.hostname + u.pathname.slice(0, 40);
+    const done = (fn) => { if (!done.called) { done.called = true; fn(); } };
     const req = https.request({
       hostname: u.hostname, port: 443,
       path: u.pathname + u.search,
       method: opts.method || 'GET',
-      headers: opts.headers || {},
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': 'NovaSonic/1.0',
+        'Accept': 'application/json',
+        ...opts.headers,
+      },
     }, res => {
+      console.log(`[sp-http] ${res.statusCode} ${label}`);
       const chunks = [];
       res.on('data', c => chunks.push(c));
       res.on('end', () => {
-        const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
-        resolve({
+        const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8');
+        done(() => resolve({
           ok: res.statusCode >= 200 && res.statusCode < 300,
           status: res.statusCode,
           headers: { get: h => res.headers[h.toLowerCase()] ?? null },
           json: () => { try { return Promise.resolve(JSON.parse(body)); } catch(e) { return Promise.reject(e); } },
           text: () => Promise.resolve(body),
-        });
+        }));
       });
-      res.on('error', reject);
+      res.on('error', e => done(() => reject(e)));
     });
-    req.on('socket', s => s.setTimeout(ms, () => req.destroy(new Error(`Spotify nicht erreichbar (Timeout ${ms}ms) — api.spotify.com blockiert?`))));
-    req.on('error', reject);
+    // Two-layer timeout: req-level (fires after ms of total inactivity) + socket-level
+    req.setTimeout(ms, () => req.destroy(new Error(`Spotify timeout ${ms}ms: ${label}`)));
+    req.on('socket', s => s.setTimeout(ms, () => req.destroy(new Error(`Spotify socket timeout ${ms}ms: ${label}`))));
+    req.on('error', e => done(() => reject(e)));
     if (opts.body) req.write(opts.body);
     req.end();
   });