diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/api_crawler.ex b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/api_crawler.ex
index 5564881..15fbf93 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/api_crawler.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/api_crawler.ex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler.ApiCrawler do
   # {domain, type} e.g. {"gab.com", "reject"}
   @type federation_restriction :: {String.t(), String.t()}
 
-  @type instance_type :: :mastodon | :pleroma | :gab | :misskey | :gnusocial
+  @type instance_type :: :mastodon | :pleroma | :gab | :misskey | :gnusocial | :smithereen
 
   defstruct [
     :version,
diff --git a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawlers/mastodon.ex b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawlers/mastodon.ex
index 68442b0..85c6f04 100644
--- a/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawlers/mastodon.ex
+++ b/backend/lib/backend/crawler/crawlers/mastodon.ex
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler.Crawlers.Mastodon do
   @impl ApiCrawler
   def is_instance_type?(domain, result) do
     # We might already know that this is a Pleroma instance from nodeinfo
-    if result != nil and Map.get(result, :instance_type) == :pleroma do
+    if result != nil and ( Map.get(result, :instance_type) == :pleroma or  Map.get(result, :instance_type) == :smithereen ) do
       true
     else
       case get_and_decode("https://#{domain}/api/v1/instance") do
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Crawler.Crawlers.Mastodon do
   defp get_instance_type(instance_stats) do
     cond do
       Map.get(instance_stats, "version") |> String.downcase() =~ "pleroma" -> :pleroma
+      Map.get(instance_stats, "version") |> String.downcase() =~ "smithereen" -> :smithereen
       is_gab?(instance_stats) -> :gab
       true -> :mastodon
     end
diff --git a/frontend/src/constants.tsx b/frontend/src/constants.tsx
index 3fdaadc..147d329 100644
--- a/frontend/src/constants.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/constants.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export const QUALITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME = [
   "#AD99FF",
   "#0E5A8A",
   "#0A6640",
+  "#AAB42F",
   "#A66321",
   "#A82A2A",
 ];
@@ -56,4 +57,5 @@ export const INSTANCE_TYPES = [
   "hubzilla",
   "plume",
   "wordpress",
+  "smithereen",
 ];