diff --git a/apps/rebreak-native/app/lyra.tsx b/apps/rebreak-native/app/lyra.tsx
index e6a7c71..24b8e18 100644
--- a/apps/rebreak-native/app/lyra.tsx
+++ b/apps/rebreak-native/app/lyra.tsx
@@ -33,15 +33,7 @@ import { apiFetch } from '../lib/api';
 import { supabase } from '../lib/supabase';
 import { useColors } from '../lib/theme';
 import { useThemeStore } from '../stores/theme';
-
-const EMPATHY_RE = /schwer|rückfall|traurig|schlimm|hoffnungslos|hilf|verloren|scham|schuld|verzweifelt/i;
-const HAPPY_RE = /toll|super|geschafft|stark|glückwunsch|stolz|fantastisch|weiter so|prima|gut gemacht/i;
-
-function detectEmotion(text: string): Emotion {
-  if (HAPPY_RE.test(text)) return 'happy';
-  if (EMPATHY_RE.test(text)) return 'empathy';
-  return 'idle';
-}
+import { detectEmotion } from '../lib/lyraResponse';
 
 function formatDuration(s: number): string {
   const m = Math.floor(s / 60);
@@ -364,14 +356,17 @@ export default function CoachScreen() {
       try {
         const apiBase = Constants.expoConfig?.extra?.apiUrl as string;
         const session = (await supabase.auth.getSession()).data.session;
-        const ttsRes = await fetch(`${apiBase}/api/coach/speak-openai`, {
+        const speakUrl = `${apiBase}/api/coach/speak`;
+        console.log('[tts] POST', speakUrl, 'text-len:', res.message.length);
+        const ttsRes = await fetch(speakUrl, {
           method: 'POST',
           headers: {
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
             ...(session?.access_token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${session.access_token}` } : {}),
           },
-          body: JSON.stringify({ text: res.message, locale: i18n.language }),
+          body: JSON.stringify({ text: res.message, mode: 'chat' }),
         });
+        console.log('[tts] response status:', ttsRes.status, 'content-type:', ttsRes.headers.get('content-type'));
         if (ttsRes.ok) {
           // Backend streamt audio/mpeg direkt — als ArrayBuffer holen, base64-encoden, in tmp-File schreiben.
           const buffer = await ttsRes.arrayBuffer();
diff --git a/apps/rebreak-native/components/RiveAvatar.tsx b/apps/rebreak-native/components/RiveAvatar.tsx
index 254e180..8f55344 100644
--- a/apps/rebreak-native/components/RiveAvatar.tsx
+++ b/apps/rebreak-native/components/RiveAvatar.tsx
@@ -39,18 +39,21 @@ function preloadRiveAsset(): Promise<string | null> {
 // Render bereits die cached URI nutzt (außer im allerersten App-Start).
 preloadRiveAsset();
 
-export type Emotion = 'idle' | 'happy' | 'thinking' | 'empathy';
+// Supported emotions sind durch state-machine im .riv-file definiert.
+// Neue states: nur EMOTION_ANIMATIONS + EMOTION_LABELS erweitern, kein weiterer Code-Change nötig.
+export type SupportedEmotion = 'idle' | 'happy' | 'thinking' | 'empathy';
+export type Emotion = SupportedEmotion | (string & {});
 
 // Direkte Animation-Namen aus der .riv-Datei (1:1 mit Nuxt BenAvatar.vue).
 // "happy" hat zwei Phasen: erst Übergangs-Animation, dann Loop.
-const EMOTION_ANIMATIONS: Record<Emotion, string> = {
+const EMOTION_ANIMATIONS: Record<string, string> = {
   idle: 'Idle Loop',
   happy: 'idle to Pose 1',
   thinking: 'WALK',
   empathy: '01 Wave 1',
 };
 
-const EMOTION_LABELS: Record<Emotion, string> = {
+const EMOTION_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   idle: 'bereit',
   happy: 'froh für dich',
   thinking: 'überlegt ...',
@@ -67,13 +70,16 @@ type Props = {
   emotion: Emotion;
   size?: 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg';
   showLabel?: boolean;
+  fallback?: Emotion;
 };
 
-export function RiveAvatar({ emotion, size = 'md', showLabel = false }: Props) {
+export function RiveAvatar({ emotion, size = 'md', showLabel = false, fallback = 'idle' }: Props) {
   const px = SIZE_PX[size];
 
+  const resolvedEmotion = EMOTION_ANIMATIONS[emotion] !== undefined ? emotion : fallback;
+
   // Aktuelle Animation als deklarativer State (kein imperatives ref.play()).
-  const [currentAnim, setCurrentAnim] = useState<string>(EMOTION_ANIMATIONS.idle);
+  const [currentAnim, setCurrentAnim] = useState<string>(EMOTION_ANIMATIONS[resolvedEmotion] ?? EMOTION_ANIMATIONS.idle);
 
   // Lokale URI für die .riv-Datei — geht über expo-asset damit der File
   // im App-Sandbox gecached wird statt jedes Mal von Metro zu streamen.
@@ -92,14 +98,14 @@ export function RiveAvatar({ emotion, size = 'md', showLabel = false }: Props) {
   }, [riveUri]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (emotion === 'happy') {
+    if (resolvedEmotion === 'happy') {
       // 2-Phasen-Flow: Übergang (~900ms) → Loop (1:1 wie Nuxt-BenAvatar)
       setCurrentAnim('idle to Pose 1');
       const t = setTimeout(() => setCurrentAnim('Pose 1 loop'), 900);
       return () => clearTimeout(t);
     }
-    setCurrentAnim(EMOTION_ANIMATIONS[emotion]);
-  }, [emotion]);
+    setCurrentAnim(EMOTION_ANIMATIONS[resolvedEmotion] ?? EMOTION_ANIMATIONS.idle);
+  }, [resolvedEmotion]);
 
   return (
     <View style={{ alignItems: 'center', gap: 4 }}>
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ export function RiveAvatar({ emotion, size = 'md', showLabel = false }: Props) {
 
       {showLabel && (
         <Text style={{ fontSize: 11, color: '#737373', letterSpacing: 0.3 }}>
-          {EMOTION_LABELS[emotion]}
+          {EMOTION_LABELS[resolvedEmotion] ?? EMOTION_LABELS[fallback] ?? ''}
         </Text>
       )}
     </View>
diff --git a/apps/rebreak-native/lib/lyraResponse.ts b/apps/rebreak-native/lib/lyraResponse.ts
index 5c4f2cf..83df91c 100644
--- a/apps/rebreak-native/lib/lyraResponse.ts
+++ b/apps/rebreak-native/lib/lyraResponse.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Parser für Lyras LLM-JSON-Antworten + Emotion-Detection.
-import type { Emotion as LyraEmotion } from '../components/RiveAvatar';
 import { EMPATHY_RE, HAPPY_RE } from './sosConstants';
+import type { Emotion } from '../components/RiveAvatar';
 
-export type { LyraEmotion };
+export type LyraEmotion = Emotion;
 export type ChipSpec = { label: string; action: string };
 
 // Parse LLM JSON response — robust gegen Markdown-Fences UND abgeschnittenes JSON
diff --git a/backend/server/api/coach/message.post.ts b/backend/server/api/coach/message.post.ts
index 79c3daa..ca431a6 100644
--- a/backend/server/api/coach/message.post.ts
+++ b/backend/server/api/coach/message.post.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ import { PLAN_LIMITS } from "../../utils/plan-features";
 import { usePrisma } from "../../utils/prisma";
 import { getMemoriesForUser, markReferenced } from "../../db/lyraMemory";
 import { extractAndStoreMemories } from "../../utils/lyraMemoryExtract";
+import { stripMarkdown } from "../../utils/strip-markdown";
 
 /**
  * Lyra-Plan-Beschreibung dynamisch aus PLAN_LIMITS generieren.
@@ -599,6 +600,11 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
     });
   }
 
+  // Markdown-Strip safety-net: trotz expliziter Prompt-Regel emittieren manche
+  // Modelle (insbesondere Haiku) weiterhin **bold** + Bullet-Lists. RN-Mobile
+  // rendert kein Markdown — User sieht rohe Sterne. Hier final cleanen.
+  text = stripMarkdown(text);
+
   const feedbackSaved = await feedbackPromise;
 
   // Memory: markReferenced + Extraction fire-and-forget
diff --git a/backend/server/utils/strip-markdown.ts b/backend/server/utils/strip-markdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cd4f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/server/utils/strip-markdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * Entfernt Markdown-Formatierung aus LLM-Antworten.
+ *
+ * Hintergrund: Trotz expliziter "kein Markdown"-Anweisung im System-Prompt
+ * emittieren manche Modelle (insbesondere Claude Haiku) weiterhin **bold**,
+ * Bullet-Lists und ähnliches. Das wirkt in der Mobile-App unsauber, weil dort
+ * kein Markdown-Renderer aktiv ist — User sehen rohe Sterne.
+ *
+ * Diese Funktion ist ein Safety-Net: nach LLM-Call angewendet, garantiert
+ * sie sauberen Klartext, ohne den eigentlichen Inhalt zu beschädigen.
+ */
+export function stripMarkdown(input: string): string {
+  if (!input) return input;
+
+  let out = input;
+
+  // Bold/italic: **text** / __text__ / *text* / _text_
+  out = out.replace(/\*\*\*(.+?)\*\*\*/g, "$1");
+  out = out.replace(/___(.+?)___/g, "$1");
+  out = out.replace(/\*\*(.+?)\*\*/g, "$1");
+  out = out.replace(/__(.+?)__/g, "$1");
+  // Single * or _ als italic — nur wenn auf beiden Seiten Wort-Boundary,
+  // sonst zerstören wir Listen-Bullets oder Multiplikationen
+  out = out.replace(/(^|\s)\*([^\s*][^*]*?)\*(?=\s|$|[.,;:!?])/g, "$1$2");
+  out = out.replace(/(^|\s)_([^\s_][^_]*?)_(?=\s|$|[.,;:!?])/g, "$1$2");
+
+  // Headings: # / ## / ### am Zeilenanfang
+  out = out.replace(/^#{1,6}\s+/gm, "");
+
+  // Bullet-Lists: "- foo", "* foo", "+ foo" am Zeilenanfang
+  // Behalte einfachen Aufzählungs-Bindestrich aber entferne markdown-marker-Charakter
+  // → "- Schutz" wird "• Schutz" (Bullet ohne Markdown-Semantik)
+  out = out.replace(/^[ \t]*[-*+][ \t]+/gm, "• ");
+
+  // Numbered Lists: "1. foo", "2. foo" am Zeilenanfang
+  // Zahlen behalten (informativer als bullet) — nur falls strikt entfernt werden soll
+  // out = out.replace(/^[ \t]*\d+\.[ \t]+/gm, "");
+
+  // Inline-Code: `text`
+  out = out.replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, "$1");
+
+  // Code-Blocks: ```...```
+  out = out.replace(/```[a-zA-Z]*\n?([\s\S]*?)```/g, "$1");
+
+  // Links: [text](url) → text
+  out = out.replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\([^)]+\)/g, "$1");
+
+  // Blockquotes: "> foo" → "foo"
+  out = out.replace(/^>[ \t]?/gm, "");
+
+  // Horizontal rules: --- / *** / ___ alleinstehend
+  out = out.replace(/^[\t ]*[-*_]{3,}[\t ]*$/gm, "");
+
+  // Multiple Leerzeilen → max 1 Leerzeile
+  out = out.replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n");
+
+  return out.trim();
+}