diff --git a/admin_platform_users.php b/admin_platform_users.php
index 1026284..ff18382 100644
--- a/admin_platform_users.php
+++ b/admin_platform_users.php
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id']) || ($_SESSION['user_role'] ?? '') !== 'admin')
 // Check permission
 if (!has_permission('manage_platform_users')) {
     render_header(t('nav_platform_users'), 'platform_users');
-    echo '<div class="container py-5"><div class="alert alert-danger">Access Denied. You do not have permission to manage platform users.</div></div>';
+    $uid = $_SESSION['user_id'] ?? 'unknown';
+    echo '<div class="container py-5"><div class="alert alert-danger">Access Denied. You do not have permission to manage platform users. (Error Code: 403-U' . $uid . ')</div></div>';
     render_footer();
     exit;
 }
diff --git a/login.php b/login.php
index ce01fb0..36caeba 100644
--- a/login.php
+++ b/login.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
 
 render_header('Login / Reset Password', 'login', false, false);
 ?>
-<div class="row justify-content-center">
+<div class="row justify-content-center align-items-center" style="min-height: 75vh;">
     <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-5">
         
         <?php if ($errors): ?>
diff --git a/mail/MailService.php b/mail/MailService.php
index d801067..58518d2 100644
--- a/mail/MailService.php
+++ b/mail/MailService.php
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 //   // Contact form helper:
 //   MailService::sendContactMessage($name, $email, $message, $to = null, $subject = 'New contact form');
 
+// Ensure DB config is loaded for settings
+if (!function_exists('db') && file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../db/config.php')) {
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/../db/config.php';
+}
+
 class MailService
 {
     // Universal mail sender (no attachments by design)
@@ -18,26 +23,26 @@ class MailService
         if (file_exists($autoload)) {
             require_once $autoload;
         }
-        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
             @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/autoload.php';
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
             }
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
             }
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php';
             }
         }
 
-        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
             return [ 'success' => false, 'error' => 'PHPMailer not available' ];
         }
 
@@ -91,14 +96,18 @@ class MailService
 
             $mail->isHTML(true);
             $mail->Subject = $subject;
-            $mail->Body    = $htmlBody;
+            
+            // Apply standardized HTML wrapper
+            $mail->Body    = self::wrapHtml($htmlBody, $subject);
             $mail->AltBody = $textBody ?? strip_tags($htmlBody);
+            
             $ok = $mail->send();
             return [ 'success' => $ok ];
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
             return [ 'success' => false, 'error' => 'PHPMailer error: ' . $e->getMessage() ];
         }
     }
+
     private static function loadConfig(): array
     {
         $configPath = __DIR__ . '/config.php';
@@ -124,21 +133,21 @@ class MailService
             require_once $autoload;
         }
         // Fallback to system-wide PHPMailer (installed via apt: libphp-phpmailer)
-        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+        if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
             // Debian/Ubuntu package layout (libphp-phpmailer)
             @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/autoload.php';
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'libphp-phpmailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
             }
             // Alternative layout (older PHPMailer package names)
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
             }
-            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+            if (!class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/Exception.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/SMTP.php';
                 @require_once 'PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php';
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ class MailService
         }
 
         $transport = $cfg['transport'] ?? 'smtp';
-        if ($transport === 'smtp' && class_exists('PHPMailer\\PHPMailer\\PHPMailer')) {
+        if ($transport === 'smtp' && class_exists('PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer')) {
             return self::sendViaPHPMailer($cfg, $name, $email, $message, $to, $subject);
         }
 
@@ -216,12 +225,16 @@ class MailService
             $safeName  = htmlspecialchars($name, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
             $safeEmail = htmlspecialchars($email, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
             $safeBody  = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($body, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8'));
-            $mail->Body = "<p><strong>Name:</strong> {$safeName}</p><p><strong>Email:</strong> {$safeEmail}</p><hr>{$safeBody}";
+            
+            $innerHtml = "<p><strong>Name:</strong> {$safeName}</p><p><strong>Email:</strong> {$safeEmail}</p><hr>{$safeBody}";
+            
+            // Apply standardized HTML wrapper
+            $mail->Body = self::wrapHtml($innerHtml, $subject);
             $mail->AltBody = "Name: {$name}\nEmail: {$email}\n\n{$body}";
 
             $ok = $mail->send();
             return [ 'success' => $ok ];
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
             return [ 'success' => false, 'error' => 'PHPMailer error: ' . $e->getMessage() ];
         }
     }
@@ -229,7 +242,108 @@ class MailService
     private static function sendViaNativeMail(array $cfg, string $name, string $email, string $body, $to, string $subject)
     {
         $opts = ['reply_to' => $email];
-        $html = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($body, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8'));
-        return self::sendMail($to, $subject, $html, $body, $opts);
+        $safeName  = htmlspecialchars($name, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
+        $safeEmail = htmlspecialchars($email, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8');
+        $safeBody  = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($body, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8'));
+        
+        $innerHtml = "<p><strong>Name:</strong> {$safeName}</p><p><strong>Email:</strong> {$safeEmail}</p><hr>{$safeBody}";
+        
+        // sendMail will wrap the HTML now
+        return self::sendMail($to, $subject, $innerHtml, $body, $opts);
+    }
+
+    private static function getSetting(string $key, string $default = ''): string
+    {
+        // Use global get_setting if available (requires includes/app.php)
+        if (function_exists('get_setting')) {
+            return get_setting($key, $default);
+        }
+        
+        // Fallback: Direct DB query if db() helper is available
+        if (function_exists('db')) {
+            try {
+                $stmt = db()->prepare("SELECT setting_value FROM settings WHERE setting_key = ? LIMIT 1");
+                $stmt->execute([$key]);
+                $val = $stmt->fetchColumn();
+                return $val !== false ? (string)$val : $default;
+            } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                return $default;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $default;
+    }
+
+    private static function wrapHtml(string $content, string $subject): string
+    {
+        $companyName = self::getSetting('company_name', 'CargoLink');
+        $logoPath = self::getSetting('logo_path', '');
+        $companyAddress = self::getSetting('company_address', '');
+        
+        // Build absolute URL for logo
+        $logoUrl = '';
+        if ($logoPath) {
+            $scheme = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] === 'on') ? 'https' : 'http';
+            $host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ?? 'localhost';
+            // Assuming logo_path is relative to public root (e.g., uploads/logos/...)
+            $logoUrl = "{$scheme}://{$host}/" . ltrim($logoPath, '/');
+        }
+
+        $year = date('Y');
+        $footerInfo = [];
+        if ($companyAddress) {
+            $footerInfo[] = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($companyAddress));
+        }
+        $footerHtml = implode('<br>', $footerInfo);
+        
+        $logoHtml = '';
+        if ($logoUrl) {
+            $logoHtml = "<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><img src=\"{$logoUrl}\" alt=\"{$companyName}\" style=\"max-height: 60px; max-width: 200px;\"></div>";
+        }
+
+        return <<<HTML
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <title>{$subject}</title>
+    <style>
+        body { font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f4f7f6; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.6; }
+        .wrapper { width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; background-color: #f4f7f6; padding-bottom: 40px; }
+        .webkit { max-width: 600px; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0 auto; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.05); }
+        .outer { margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; max-width: 600px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }
+        .header { background-color: #ffffff; padding: 30px 30px 20px; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee; }
+        .content { padding: 30px; text-align: left; font-size: 16px; color: #555555; }
+        .footer { padding: 20px; text-align: center; font-size: 12px; color: #999999; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee; }
+        h1, h2, h3 { color: #2c3e50; margin-top: 0; }
+        a { color: #3498db; text-decoration: none; }
+        p { margin-bottom: 15px; }
+    </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div class="wrapper">
+        <div class="webkit">
+            <!-- Header -->
+            <div class="header">
+                {$logoHtml}
+                <h2 style="margin: 0; font-size: 24px; color: #333;">{$companyName}</h2>
+            </div>
+            
+            <!-- Content -->
+            <div class="content">
+                {$content}
+            </div>
+            
+            <!-- Footer -->
+            <div class="footer">
+                <p>&copy; {$year} {$companyName}. All rights reserved.</p>
+                {$footerHtml}
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>
+HTML;
     }
 }