diff --git a/panel/api/endpoints/docker.php b/panel/api/endpoints/docker.php
index 32e99e1..8f4e6d5 100644
--- a/panel/api/endpoints/docker.php
+++ b/panel/api/endpoints/docker.php
@@ -265,5 +265,28 @@ match ($action) {
         Response::success($result, ucfirst($appKey) . ' launched successfully');
     })(),
 
+    'sync-orphans' => (function() use ($dm, $isAdmin) {
+        if (!$isAdmin) Response::error('Admin only', 403);
+        $result = shell_exec('docker ps -a --format "{{json .}}" 2>/dev/null') ?? '';
+        $db     = \DB::getInstance();
+        $added  = 0;
+        foreach (explode("\n", trim($result)) as $line) {
+            if (!$line) continue;
+            $c = json_decode($line, true);
+            if (!$c) continue;
+            $cid  = $c['ID'] ?? '';
+            $name = ltrim($c['Names'] ?? '', '/');
+            $img  = $c['Image'] ?? '';
+            $st   = $c['State'] ?? 'unknown';
+            if (!$cid) continue;
+            $ex = $db->fetchOne('SELECT id FROM docker_containers WHERE container_id=?', [$cid]);
+            if (!$ex) {
+                $db->execute('INSERT INTO docker_containers (container_id,name,image,status,account_id,created_at) VALUES (?,?,?,?,0,datetime("now"))', [$cid,$name,$img,$st]);
+                $added++;
+            }
+        }
+        Response::success(['added' => $added], "Synced $added orphaned containers");
+    })(),
+
     default => Response::error("Unknown docker action: $action", 404),
 };
diff --git a/panel/lib/DockerManager.php b/panel/lib/DockerManager.php
index db85d31..6030ac0 100644
--- a/panel/lib/DockerManager.php
+++ b/panel/lib/DockerManager.php
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ SH;
 
     public function removeImage(string $imageId): string {
         if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9:._\-\/]+$/', $imageId)) throw new RuntimeException("Invalid image ID");
-        return trim(shell_exec("sudo docker rmi " . escapeshellarg($imageId) . " 2>&1") ?? '');
+        $out = trim(shell_exec("sudo docker rmi " . escapeshellarg($imageId) . " 2>&1") ?? '');
+        if (stripos($out, "Error") !== false || stripos($out, "conflict") !== false) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException($out);
+        }
+        return $out;
     }
 
     // ── Volumes & Networks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────