diff --git a/custom_components/shopping_list_manager/const.py b/custom_components/shopping_list_manager/const.py
index c081638..29b4d3f 100644
--- a/custom_components/shopping_list_manager/const.py
+++ b/custom_components/shopping_list_manager/const.py
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ IMAGE_FORMAT = "webp"
 IMAGE_SIZE = 200  # 200x200px
 IMAGE_QUALITY = 85
 IMAGE_MAX_SIZE_KB = 15
+IMAGES_LOCAL_DIR = "www/shopping_list_manager/images"
+
+# Placeholder image (inline SVG)
+PLACEHOLDER_IMAGE = "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='200' height='200'%3E%3Crect width='200' height='200' fill='%23f0f0f0'/%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='50%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' font-family='Arial' font-size='16' fill='%23999'%3ENo Image%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E"
 
 # Metric Units (always metric, regardless of country)
 METRIC_UNITS = {