diff --git a/include/customer_qr_frontend_menu.inc.php b/include/customer_qr_frontend_menu.inc.php
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+++ b/include/customer_qr_frontend_menu.inc.php
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+<?php
+if (!defined('PHPWG_ROOT_PATH'))
+{
+  die('Hacking attempt!');
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_customer_qr_register_frontend_menu($menu_ref_array)
+{
+  if (defined('IN_ADMIN'))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $settings = bratonien_tools_customer_qr_settings();
+  if (empty($settings['enabled']))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!is_array($menu_ref_array) || empty($menu_ref_array[0]) || !is_object($menu_ref_array[0]))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $menu = $menu_ref_array[0];
+  if (!method_exists($menu, 'get_id') || $menu->get_id() !== 'menubar' || !method_exists($menu, 'register_block'))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!class_exists('RegisteredBlock'))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $menu->register_block(new RegisteredBlock(
+    'mbBratonienCustomerQr',
+    'QR-Code hochladen',
+    BRATONIEN_TOOLS_ID
+  ));
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_customer_qr_prepare_frontend_menu($menu_ref_array)
+{
+  if (defined('IN_ADMIN'))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $settings = bratonien_tools_customer_qr_settings();
+  if (empty($settings['enabled']))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!is_array($menu_ref_array) || empty($menu_ref_array[0]) || !is_object($menu_ref_array[0]))
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $menu = $menu_ref_array[0];
+  if (!method_exists($menu, 'get_id') || $menu->get_id() !== 'menubar')
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $block = $menu->get_block('mbBratonienCustomerQr');
+  if ($block === null)
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $url = htmlspecialchars(
+    get_root_url().'plugins/'.BRATONIEN_TOOLS_ID.'/customer-qr-upload.php',
+    ENT_QUOTES,
+    'UTF-8'
+  );
+
+  // Bootstrap Darkroom renders raw-content blocks directly in the root navbar.
+  // Keeping this as a separate Piwigo menu block avoids hiding the customer
+  // action inside mbMenu/"Entdecken" and still follows the normal menubar
+  // lifecycle instead of modifying the theme.
+  $block->raw_content = '<li class="nav-item bratonien-customer-qr-nav">'
+    .'<a class="nav-link" href="'.$url.'" title="QR-Code hochladen">'
+    .'<i class="fas fa-qrcode fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> QR-Code hochladen'
+    .'</a></li>';
+
+  if (method_exists($menu, 'set_block_position'))
+  {
+    // Core defaults: Specials=200, Menu=250. Darkroom combines those two as
+    // "Entdecken"; 225 therefore places QR upload directly after it.
+    $menu->set_block_position('mbBratonienCustomerQr', 225);
+  }
+}
+
+add_event_handler(
+  'blockmanager_register_blocks',
+  'bratonien_tools_customer_qr_register_frontend_menu',
+  EVENT_HANDLER_PRIORITY_NEUTRAL + 10
+);
+add_event_handler(
+  'blockmanager_prepare_display',
+  'bratonien_tools_customer_qr_prepare_frontend_menu',
+  EVENT_HANDLER_PRIORITY_NEUTRAL + 10
+);