diff --git a/Client/Pages/Index.razor b/Client/Pages/Index.razor
index 8a33bd6..a3927a3 100644
--- a/Client/Pages/Index.razor
+++ b/Client/Pages/Index.razor
@@ -40,7 +40,14 @@ else
                             }
                             else
                             {
-                                @shift.Icon
+                                @if (shift.IsPngIcon)
+                                {
+                                    <img src="@shift.Icon" alt="@shift.Name" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;" />
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    @shift.Icon
+                                }
                             }
                         </button>
                         <span class="tooltip">@shift.Name</span>
diff --git a/Client/wwwroot/break-icon.png b/Client/wwwroot/break-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d478627
Binary files /dev/null and b/Client/wwwroot/break-icon.png differ
diff --git a/Server/appsettings.json b/Server/appsettings.json
index 1d67124..bf1cd6c 100644
--- a/Server/appsettings.json
+++ b/Server/appsettings.json
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
       "MorningTime": "",
       "AfternoonTime": ""
     },
+    {
+      "Name": "Pause",
+      "Icon": "break-icon.png",
+      "MorningTime": "10:00-10:15",
+      "AfternoonTime": "15:00-15:15"
+    },
     {
       "Name": "Früh",
       "Icon": "🌅",
diff --git a/Services/PdfExportService.cs b/Services/PdfExportService.cs
index 84e6b6d..37290f1 100644
--- a/Services/PdfExportService.cs
+++ b/Services/PdfExportService.cs
@@ -98,8 +98,28 @@ namespace ShiftScheduler.Services
             foreach (var day in Enumerable.Range(0, dayInWeek))
             {
                 var shiftWithTransport = shiftsWithTransport.GetValueOrDefault(weekDates.ElementAtOrDefault(day));
-                var icon = shiftWithTransport?.Shift.Icon ?? "";
-                table.Cell().Element(CellStyleMiddle).Text(icon);
+                var shift = shiftWithTransport?.Shift;
+                
+                if (shift != null && shift.IsPngIcon)
+                {
+                    // For PNG icons, embed the image
+                    var iconPath = Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "wwwroot", shift.Icon);
+                    if (File.Exists(iconPath))
+                    {
+                        table.Cell().Element(CellStyleMiddle).Image(iconPath).FitArea();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Fallback to shift name if PNG not found
+                        table.Cell().Element(CellStyleMiddle).Text(shift.Name);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // For text/emoji icons, render as text
+                    var icon = shift?.Icon ?? "";
+                    table.Cell().Element(CellStyleMiddle).Text(icon);
+                }
             }
             foreach (var day in Enumerable.Range(dayInWeek, 7 - dayInWeek))
             {
diff --git a/Shared/Shift.cs b/Shared/Shift.cs
index 6312bc5..37a45da 100644
--- a/Shared/Shift.cs
+++ b/Shared/Shift.cs
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ namespace ShiftScheduler.Shared.Models
         public string Icon { get; set; } = string.Empty;
         public string MorningTime { get; set; } = string.Empty;
         public string AfternoonTime { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        public bool IsPngIcon => Icon.EndsWith(".png", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
 }