diff --git a/program/MapWindow.cs b/program/MapWindow.cs
index 328052f..dc2f049 100644
--- a/program/MapWindow.cs
+++ b/program/MapWindow.cs
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@
 
         DisposePixbufs();
         _body = LoadBody();
-        _map  = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+        // _map  = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+        _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView(), MapNeedsMirror());
 
         MapArea.QueueDraw();
         UpdateTunerInfo();
@@ -917,7 +918,8 @@
             ReloadBody();
             if (_map != null) { _map.Dispose(); _map = null; }
             if (_mapRaw != null) { _mapRaw.Dispose(); _mapRaw = null; }
-            _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+            // _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+            _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView(), MapNeedsMirror());
             UpdateTunerInfo();
             MapArea.QueueDraw();
         }), true, true, 0);
@@ -1311,7 +1313,8 @@
 
         if (_map != null)    { _map.Dispose();    _map = null; }
         if (_mapRaw != null) { _mapRaw.Dispose(); _mapRaw = null; }
-        _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+        // _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView());
+        _map = LoadMap(MapPathForView(), MapNeedsMirror());
 
         SyncSpins();
         UpdateTunerInfo();
@@ -1379,6 +1382,14 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /// Back view with no dedicated Image_Back in the CSV — Form2's
+    /// CreateFlippedImage fallback. Computed from _view every call, so it
+    /// cannot go stale when the view changes.
+    private bool MapNeedsMirror()
+    {
+        return _case != null && _view == "back" && string.IsNullOrEmpty(_case.MapBack);
+    }
+
     private string MapPathForView()
     {
         if (_case == null) return null;
@@ -1414,7 +1425,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private Gdk.Pixbuf LoadMap(string path)
+    private Gdk.Pixbuf LoadMap(string path, bool mirror)
     {
         _mapPath = path ?? "(none)";
 
@@ -1426,6 +1437,16 @@
         var keyed = raw.AddAlpha(true, 0, 0, 0);
         raw.Dispose();
 
+         if (mirror)
+        {
+            var flipped = keyed.Flip(true);
+            keyed.Dispose();
+            keyed = flipped;
+            Logger.Write("map", "mirrored front map for back view");
+        }
+
+        if (_mapRaw != null) { _mapRaw.Dispose(); _mapRaw = null; }   // defensive
+
         // Keep the keyed original for FitBody mode — the calibrator never
         // resized to 546, so its zoom numbers refer to THIS pixbuf.
         _mapRaw = keyed.Copy();