diff --git a/src/pages/artikel/kategorien.jsx b/src/pages/artikel/kategorien.jsx
index fc9dd8f..0c670fa 100644
--- a/src/pages/artikel/kategorien.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/artikel/kategorien.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import CategoryPickerDialog from '../../components/article/CategoryPickerDialog'
 import { NewCategoryTile, CategoryBreadcrumbs } from '../../components/category';
 import { NewArticleTile } from '../../components/article';
 import { notifyError } from '../../utils/notify';
+import { prepareArticlePhoto } from '../../utils/prepareArticlePhoto';
 import {
   ArticleTile,
   BackTile,
@@ -440,7 +441,6 @@ class ArtikelKategorienPage extends PureComponent {
                       const file = e.target.files?.[0];
                       if (!file) return;
                       try {
-                        const { prepareArticlePhoto } = await import('../../utils/prepareArticlePhoto');
                         const avifFile = await prepareArticlePhoto(file);
                         await categoryAutomat.actions.uploadCategoryImage({
                           categoryId: item.id,
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 7cc08f7..048c23d 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -162,24 +162,62 @@ export default defineConfig(({ command }) => ({
       output: {
         codeSplitting: {
           groups: [
+            // Split the lazy routes into a handful of per-section chunks
+            // (not one tiny chunk per route). Each section chunk groups the
+            // section's pages together with the component trees used only by
+            // that section, so first navigation to /artikel, /auftrag, …
+            // loads just that section's code. Modules shared across sections
+            // (api/, automats/, utils/, generic components/) fall out into a
+            // common chunk by the bundler automatically.
             {
-              // Consolidate every lazy(() => import('./pages/...')) route
-              // module into ONE chunk so we don't ship ~30 tiny 0.1–0.4 kB
-              // files. Still loaded on first route navigation (not on the
-              // initial bundle). For per-section chunks instead, replace this
-              // with groups matching /\/src\/pages\/(artikel|lieferung|...)\//.
-              name: 'routes',
-              test: /\/src\/pages\//,
+              // Artikel section: pages + its dedicated component trees.
+              name: 'routes-artikel',
+              test: /\/src\/(pages\/artikel|components\/(article|category|tiles))\//,
             },
             {
+              // Delivery + order (auftrag) editor surfaces share these.
+              name: 'routes-manifest',
+              test: /\/src\/components\/manifest\//,
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'routes-auftrag',
+              test: /\/src\/pages\/auftrag\//,
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'routes-lieferung',
+              test: /\/src\/pages\/lieferung\//,
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'routes-kunde',
+              test: /\/src\/pages\/kunde\//,
+            },
+            {
+              priority: 110,
+              name: 'router-vendor',
+              test: /node_modules\/(react-router|react-router-dom)\//,
+            },
+            {
+              priority: 100,
               name: 'react-vendor',
-              test: /node_modules\/(react|react-dom|react-router|react-router-dom|scheduler)\//,
+              test: /node_modules\/(react|react-dom|scheduler)\//,
             },
             {
+              priority: 110,
+              name: 'mui-icons',
+              test: /node_modules\/@mui\/icons-material\//,
+            },
+            {
+              priority: 105,
+              name: 'emotion-vendor',
+              test: /node_modules\/@emotion\//,
+            },
+            {
+              priority: 100,
               name: 'mui-vendor',
-              test: /node_modules\/(@mui|@emotion)\//,
+              test: /node_modules\/@mui\//,
             },
             {
+              priority: 100,
               name: 'jsquash-image',
               test: /node_modules\/@jsquash\/(avif|resize)\//,
             },