diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8c50073..33ff0b7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ WORKDIR /src
 # DorkNet.Models project ref, so its csproj needs to be present too.
 COPY DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj DorkNet.Server/
 COPY DorkNet.Models/DorkNet.Models.csproj DorkNet.Models/
+COPY DorkNet.Contracts/DorkNet.Contracts.csproj DorkNet.Contracts/
 RUN dotnet restore DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj
 
 # Now copy the rest of the .NET source, then drop the prebuilt admin
 # SPA into wwwroot/admin so the publish step ships it as static content.
 COPY DorkNet.Server/ DorkNet.Server/
 COPY DorkNet.Models/ DorkNet.Models/
+COPY DorkNet.Contracts/ DorkNet.Contracts/
 COPY --from=admin-ui /wwwroot/admin/ DorkNet.Server/wwwroot/admin/
 COPY --from=site      /wwwroot/site/  DorkNet.Server/wwwroot/site/
 
diff --git a/DorkNet.ClientMod/Mod.cs b/DorkNet.ClientMod/Mod.cs
index 94dccbc..93c1ac5 100644
--- a/DorkNet.ClientMod/Mod.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.ClientMod/Mod.cs
@@ -610,17 +610,7 @@ public class Mod : MelonMod
     {
         try
         {
-            // Compute the UserData path ourselves rather than calling
-            // MelonLoader.MelonUtils.UserDataDirectory (which is renamed
-            // to MelonEnvironment.UserDataDirectory in newer 0.6.x builds
-            // and shifts again in 0.7.x). Anchoring off the mod DLL's
-            // location keeps this stable across versions: the DLL lives
-            // in <game>/Mods/, so two dirname()'s reach the game root,
-            // then MelonLoader/UserData/ is right next to it.
-            var modDll = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
-            var modsDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modDll) ?? string.Empty;
-            var gameDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modsDir) ?? string.Empty;
-            var userData = Path.Combine(gameDir, "MelonLoader", "UserData");
+            var userData = ResolveUserDataDirectory();
             Directory.CreateDirectory(userData);
             DiagnosticsLogPath = Path.Combine(userData, "dorknet-diagnostics.log");
             var path = Path.Combine(userData, "dorknet-clientmod.json");
@@ -631,21 +621,21 @@ public class Mod : MelonMod
             }
             var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(path));
             var r = doc.RootElement;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("ServerHost", out var v))           Cfg.ServerHost = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.ServerHost;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("PhotonAppId", out v))              Cfg.PhotonAppId = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonAppId;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("PhotonVoiceAppId", out v))         Cfg.PhotonVoiceAppId = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonVoiceAppId;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("PhotonCloudRegion", out v))        Cfg.PhotonCloudRegion = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonCloudRegion;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("EnableTlsTrustBypass", out v))     Cfg.EnableTlsTrustBypass = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("TraceRegistrationDialog", out v)) Cfg.TraceRegistrationDialog = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("EnableDebugConsole", out v))      Cfg.EnableDebugConsole = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DebugConsoleToggleKey", out v))   Cfg.DebugConsoleToggleKey = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.DebugConsoleToggleKey;
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DesktopScreenShareFps", out v))             Cfg.DesktopScreenShareFps = (float)v.GetDouble();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DesktopScreenShareRaisePhotonRate", out v)) Cfg.DesktopScreenShareRaisePhotonRate = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DesktopScreenShareResolution", out v))      Cfg.DesktopScreenShareResolution = v.GetInt32();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DesktopScreenShareQuality", out v))         Cfg.DesktopScreenShareQuality = v.GetInt32();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DiagnoseDevMenu", out v))                   Cfg.DiagnoseDevMenu = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("QuestMaxTeamSize", out v))                  Cfg.QuestMaxTeamSize = v.GetInt32();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("QuestMaxTeamSizeRooms", out v) && v.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Array)
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "ServerHost", out var v))           Cfg.ServerHost = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.ServerHost;
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "PhotonAppId", out v))              Cfg.PhotonAppId = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonAppId;
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "PhotonVoiceAppId", out v))         Cfg.PhotonVoiceAppId = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonVoiceAppId;
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "PhotonCloudRegion", out v))        Cfg.PhotonCloudRegion = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.PhotonCloudRegion;
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "EnableTlsTrustBypass", out v))     Cfg.EnableTlsTrustBypass = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "TraceRegistrationDialog", out v))  Cfg.TraceRegistrationDialog = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "EnableDebugConsole", out v))       Cfg.EnableDebugConsole = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DebugConsoleToggleKey", out v))    Cfg.DebugConsoleToggleKey = v.GetString() ?? Cfg.DebugConsoleToggleKey;
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DesktopScreenShareFps", out v))             Cfg.DesktopScreenShareFps = (float)v.GetDouble();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DesktopScreenShareRaisePhotonRate", out v)) Cfg.DesktopScreenShareRaisePhotonRate = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DesktopScreenShareResolution", out v))      Cfg.DesktopScreenShareResolution = v.GetInt32();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DesktopScreenShareQuality", out v))         Cfg.DesktopScreenShareQuality = v.GetInt32();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DiagnoseDevMenu", out v))                   Cfg.DiagnoseDevMenu = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "QuestMaxTeamSize", out v))                  Cfg.QuestMaxTeamSize = v.GetInt32();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "QuestMaxTeamSizeRooms", out v) && v.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Array)
             {
                 var rooms = new List<string>();
                 foreach (var e in v.EnumerateArray())
@@ -653,8 +643,8 @@ public class Mod : MelonMod
                         rooms.Add(e.GetString()!);
                 Cfg.QuestMaxTeamSizeRooms = rooms.ToArray(); // explicit (incl. empty = none)
             }
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("EnableDevWatchButton", out v))              Cfg.EnableDevWatchButton = v.GetBoolean();
-            if (r.TryGetProperty("DevCommands", out v) && v.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Array)
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "EnableDevWatchButton", out v))          Cfg.EnableDevWatchButton = v.GetBoolean();
+            if (TryGetConfigValue(r, "DevCommands", out v) && v.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Array)
             {
                 var list = new List<string>();
                 foreach (var e in v.EnumerateArray())
@@ -666,7 +656,7 @@ public class Mod : MelonMod
             }
             // "InjectAuthValues" key in the template is now ignored —
             // see attic/AuthValuesInjector.cs.attic.
-            Log.Msg($"[config] loaded: ServerHost={Cfg.ServerHost}, PhotonAppId={(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Cfg.PhotonAppId) ? "<unset>" : "<set>")}, " +
+            Log.Msg($"[config] loaded from {path}: ServerHost={Cfg.ServerHost}, PhotonAppId={(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Cfg.PhotonAppId) ? "<unset>" : "<set>")}, " +
                     $"EnableTlsTrustBypass={Cfg.EnableTlsTrustBypass}");
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
@@ -675,6 +665,44 @@ public class Mod : MelonMod
         }
     }
 
+    private static string ResolveUserDataDirectory()
+    {
+        foreach (var typeName in new[]
+        {
+            "MelonLoader.MelonEnvironment, MelonLoader",
+            "MelonLoader.MelonUtils, MelonLoader",
+        })
+        {
+            var type = Type.GetType(typeName);
+            var prop = type?.GetProperty("UserDataDirectory", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
+            if (prop?.GetValue(null) is string value && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+                return value;
+        }
+
+        var modDll = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
+        var modsDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modDll) ?? string.Empty;
+        var gameDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modsDir) ?? AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+        return Path.Combine(gameDir, "MelonLoader", "UserData");
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryGetConfigValue(JsonElement root, string name, out JsonElement value)
+    {
+        if (root.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Object)
+        {
+            foreach (var prop in root.EnumerateObject())
+            {
+                if (string.Equals(prop.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    value = prop.Value;
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        value = default;
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // ── Patch dispatch helpers ────────────────────────────────────────
     private bool TryPatch(string label, Type target, string methodName,
                           Type[]? args, string? prefix = null, string? postfix = null,
diff --git a/DorkNet.Contracts/DorkNetRouteOwnership.cs b/DorkNet.Contracts/DorkNetRouteOwnership.cs
index b23474b..9242884 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Contracts/DorkNetRouteOwnership.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Contracts/DorkNetRouteOwnership.cs
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ public static class DorkNetRouteOwnership
 
     public static IReadOnlyList<DorkNetRouteGroup> RouteGroups => ServiceRouteGroups;
 
+    public static IReadOnlyList<string> PublicSubdomains =>
+        ServiceRouteGroups
+            .SelectMany(group => group.HostSubdomains)
+            .Append(AdminHost)
+            .Append("feed")
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .Order(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .ToArray();
+
     public static bool IsInfrastructurePath(string path)
     {
         return path.Equals("/healthz", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
diff --git a/DorkNet.Gateway/Program.cs b/DorkNet.Gateway/Program.cs
index d4b24f1..8344956 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Gateway/Program.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Gateway/Program.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,20 @@ var app = builder.Build();
 
 app.MapDorkNetServiceDefaults();
 
+var publicHosts = BuildPublicHosts(apexDomain);
+app.Use(async (ctx, next) =>
+{
+    if (DorkNetRouteOwnership.IsInfrastructurePath(ctx.Request.Path.Value ?? "/")
+        || IsAllowedPublicHost(ctx.Request.Host.Host, publicHosts))
+    {
+        await next();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ctx.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status404NotFound;
+    await ctx.Response.WriteAsync("Unknown DorkNet host.");
+});
+
 app.MapGet("/internal/services", (IOptions<DorkNetServiceMapOptions> options) =>
     Results.Ok(options.Value.Endpoints()));
 app.MapGet("/internal/routes", () =>
@@ -190,6 +204,33 @@ static string[] WebBrowserHosts(string apexDomain)
     return [apexDomain, SubdomainHost("www", apexDomain)];
 }
 
+static HashSet<string> BuildPublicHosts(string apexDomain)
+{
+    var hosts = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+    {
+        apexDomain,
+        "localhost",
+        "127.0.0.1",
+    };
+
+    foreach (var subdomain in DorkNetRouteOwnership.PublicSubdomains)
+    {
+        hosts.Add(SubdomainHost(subdomain, apexDomain));
+    }
+
+    return hosts;
+}
+
+static bool IsAllowedPublicHost(string? host, HashSet<string> publicHosts)
+{
+    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(host))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return publicHosts.Contains(host.Split(':', 2)[0].Trim());
+}
+
 static void AddHostRoute(
     List<RouteConfig> routes,
     ref int order,
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Config/V1/ServiceUrlsController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Config/V1/ServiceUrlsController.cs
index fe6b770..b43f0b6 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Config/V1/ServiceUrlsController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Config/V1/ServiceUrlsController.cs
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ public class ServiceUrlsController(DomainConfig domain) : ControllerBase
 {
     [HttpGet("services")]
     public ActionResult<Dictionary<string, string>> Get()
-        => Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(domain.Apex));
+        => Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(domain));
 }
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Notification/V2/NotificationController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Notification/V2/NotificationController.cs
index c605673..61f8b57 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Notification/V2/NotificationController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Notification/V2/NotificationController.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class NotificationController(DomainConfig domain) : ControllerBase
     public IActionResult Connect() => StatusCode(StatusCodes.Status410Gone, new
     {
         error = "use_signalr_hub",
-        hint = $"connect to {domain.Sub("notify")}/hub/v1 instead",
+        hint = $"connect to {domain.Url("notify", "/hub/v1")} instead",
     });
 
     /// <summary>GET <c>api/notification/hub/v1</c> — returns the
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class NotificationController(DomainConfig domain) : ControllerBase
     [HttpGet("/api/notification/hub/v1")]
     public IActionResult HubInfo() => Ok(new
     {
-        Url = $"https://{domain.Sub("notify")}/hub/v1",
+        Url = domain.Url("notify", "/hub/v1"),
         Protocol = "signalr",
         Version = 1,
     });
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Ns/NsController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Ns/NsController.cs
index 2712a54..32c250e 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Ns/NsController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Ns/NsController.cs
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ public class NsController : ControllerBase
     // code: locker)" in BootSequence.
     [HttpGet("/", Order = -1000)]
     public ActionResult<Dictionary<string, string>> Root() =>
-        Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(_domain.Apex));
+        Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(_domain));
 
     // Some builds fetch /v1 or /v1/services directly
     [HttpGet("/v1")]
     [HttpGet("/v1/services")]
     public ActionResult<Dictionary<string, string>> Services() =>
-        Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(_domain.Apex));
+        Ok(ConfigService.BuildServiceUrlMap(_domain));
 
     // Ping / health used by the client keep-alive loop
     [HttpGet("/v1/ping")]
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Data/LegacyUpgrades.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Data/LegacyUpgrades.cs
index 55f0c17..be11fb0 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Data/LegacyUpgrades.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Data/LegacyUpgrades.cs
@@ -180,8 +180,13 @@ public static class LegacyUpgrades
         // either no-op (Crescendo now exists) or the only writer.
         for (var attempt = 1; attempt <= 2; attempt++)
         {
-            var crescendoExists = await db.Rooms.AnyAsync(r => r.Name == "Crescendo", ct);
-            var bloodMoon = await db.Rooms.FirstOrDefaultAsync(r => r.Name == "BloodMoon", ct);
+            var renameCandidates = await db.Rooms
+                .Where(r => r.Name.ToLower() == "bloodmoon" || r.Name.ToLower() == "crescendo")
+                .ToListAsync(ct);
+            var crescendoExists = renameCandidates.Any(r =>
+                string.Equals(r.Name, "Crescendo", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var bloodMoon = renameCandidates.FirstOrDefault(r =>
+                string.Equals(r.Name, "BloodMoon", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
             if (bloodMoon is null && crescendoExists)
             {
@@ -217,15 +222,15 @@ public static class LegacyUpgrades
                 {
                     // Both exist — the rename ran on a different row at
                     // some point, and the original BloodMoon row is now
-                    // a stale duplicate. Park it under CrescendoLegacy
-                    // and hide from browse so /goto/name/... still
+                    // a stale duplicate. Park it under a unique legacy
+                    // name and hide from browse so /goto/name/... still
                     // resolves Crescendo to the right row.
-                    bloodMoon.Name = "CrescendoLegacy";
+                    bloodMoon.Name = await PickUniqueRoomNameAsync(db, "CrescendoLegacy", bloodMoon.Id, ct);
                     bloodMoon.HiddenFromBrowse = true;
                     await db.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
                     logger.LogInformation(
-                        "[legacy-upgrade] RenameBloodMoonToCrescendo: applied — Rooms.Id={Id} parked as CrescendoLegacy (Crescendo already existed on a different row)",
-                        bloodMoon.Id);
+                        "[legacy-upgrade] RenameBloodMoonToCrescendo: applied — Rooms.Id={Id} parked as {Name} (Crescendo already existed on a different row)",
+                        bloodMoon.Id, bloodMoon.Name);
                     return;
                 }
             }
@@ -241,4 +246,22 @@ public static class LegacyUpgrades
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private static async Task<string> PickUniqueRoomNameAsync(
+        DorkNetDbContext db, string preferred, long currentRoomId, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var taken = await db.Rooms
+            .Where(r => r.Id != currentRoomId && r.Name.ToLower().StartsWith(preferred.ToLower()))
+            .Select(r => r.Name)
+            .ToListAsync(ct);
+
+        if (!taken.Any(n => string.Equals(n, preferred, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+            return preferred;
+
+        var suffix = 2;
+        while (taken.Any(n => string.Equals(n, $"{preferred}{suffix}", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+            suffix++;
+
+        return $"{preferred}{suffix}";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj b/DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj
index f1b8c07..f37f54a 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/DorkNet.Server.csproj
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\DorkNet.Models\DorkNet.Models.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\DorkNet.Contracts\DorkNet.Contracts.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <!-- Service-slice containers reference DorkNet.Server for shared controllers
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Services/ConfigService.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Services/ConfigService.cs
index e4f71d2..f92d35c 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Services/ConfigService.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Services/ConfigService.cs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ public class ConfigService(IConfiguration config, DomainConfig domain)
         return new RecRoomConfig
         {
             MessageOfTheDay = config["Server:MOTD"] ?? "Welcome to the private server!",
-            CdnBaseUri = $"https://{domain.Sub("cdn")}",
+            CdnBaseUri = domain.Url("cdn"),
             PhotonConfig = photon,
-            ServiceUrls = BuildServiceUrlMap(apex),
+            ServiceUrls = BuildServiceUrlMap(domain),
             ConfigTable = new Dictionary<string, string>
             {
                 // Season keys the 2019/2020 client checks at startup
@@ -110,12 +110,14 @@ public class ConfigService(IConfiguration config, DomainConfig domain)
     /// <see cref="DomainConfig.Apex"/>) so the map stays a single
     /// source of truth.</summary>
     public static Dictionary<string, string> BuildServiceUrlMap(string apex)
+        => BuildServiceUrlMap(new DomainConfig(apex));
+
+    public static Dictionary<string, string> BuildServiceUrlMap(DomainConfig domain)
     {
         var map = new Dictionary<string, string>(ServiceSubdomains.Length);
         foreach (var (service, sub) in ServiceSubdomains)
         {
-            var host = string.IsNullOrEmpty(sub) ? apex : $"{sub}.{apex}";
-            map[service] = $"https://{host}";
+            map[service] = domain.Url(sub);
         }
         return map;
     }
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Services/DomainConfig.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Services/DomainConfig.cs
index 6bff828..2b328b3 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Services/DomainConfig.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Services/DomainConfig.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,28 @@ namespace DorkNet.Server.Services;
 public sealed class DomainConfig
 {
     public string Apex { get; }
-    public DomainConfig(string apex) { Apex = apex; }
+    public string Scheme { get; }
+
+    public DomainConfig(string apex, string scheme = "https")
+    {
+        Apex = apex;
+        Scheme = NormalizeScheme(scheme);
+    }
+
     public string Sub(string prefix) => $"{prefix}.{Apex}";
+    public string Url(string prefix, string path = "")
+    {
+        var host = string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? Apex : Sub(prefix);
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) return $"{Scheme}://{host}";
+        return $"{Scheme}://{host}{(path.StartsWith('/') ? path : "/" + path)}";
+    }
+
     public static bool MatchesSubdomain(string host, string prefix)
         => host.StartsWith(prefix + ".", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+    private static string NormalizeScheme(string? value)
+    {
+        var scheme = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value) ? "https" : value.Trim().TrimEnd(':', '/', '\\').ToLowerInvariant();
+        return scheme is "http" or "https" ? scheme : "https";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Startup/MiddlewarePipelineExtensions.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Startup/MiddlewarePipelineExtensions.cs
index ae90ca2..4313c8a 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Startup/MiddlewarePipelineExtensions.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Startup/MiddlewarePipelineExtensions.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public static class MiddlewarePipelineExtensions
             if (ctx.Request.Host.Host.Equals(domainCfg.Sub("api"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
                 (ctx.Request.Path == "/admin" || ctx.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments("/admin")))
             {
-                ctx.Response.Redirect($"https://{domainCfg.Sub("admin")}/", permanent: false);
+                ctx.Response.Redirect(domainCfg.Url("admin", "/"), permanent: false);
                 return;
             }
             await next();
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Startup/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Startup/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index ad5692f..0331db7 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Startup/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Startup/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using DorkNet.Contracts;
 using DorkNet.Server.Compat;
 using DorkNet.Server.Data;
 using DorkNet.Server.Services;
@@ -106,14 +107,19 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
             builder.Configuration["Domain:Apex"]
             ?? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DORKNET_DOMAIN")
             ?? "localhost";
-        builder.Services.AddSingleton(new DomainConfig(apex));
+        var scheme = builder.Configuration["Domain:Scheme"] ?? "https";
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton(new DomainConfig(apex, scheme));
+        var allowedHosts = new[] { apex, "localhost", "127.0.0.1" }
+            .Concat(DorkNetRouteOwnership.PublicSubdomains.Select(subdomain => $"{subdomain}.{apex}"))
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .ToArray();
         builder.Services.Configure<Microsoft.AspNetCore.HostFiltering.HostFilteringOptions>(opt =>
         {
-            opt.AllowedHosts = new[] { apex, $"*.{apex}", "localhost", "127.0.0.1" };
+            opt.AllowedHosts = allowedHosts;
             opt.AllowEmptyHosts = true;
             opt.IncludeFailureMessage = true;
         });
-        Console.WriteLine($"[domain] apex={apex}, allowedHosts=[{apex}, *.{apex}, localhost]");
+        Console.WriteLine($"[domain] apex={apex}, allowedHosts=[{string.Join(", ", allowedHosts)}]");
     }
 
     // ── Services ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/docker-compose.microservices.dokploy.yml b/docker-compose.microservices.dokploy.yml
index 39cd1af..3e70692 100644
--- a/docker-compose.microservices.dokploy.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.microservices.dokploy.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ x-dorknet-service-env: &dorknet-service-env
 
 x-dorknet-app-networks: &dorknet-app-networks
   networks:
+    # Internal only — backends are reached by the gateway over `default`,
+    # never directly by Traefik, so keep them off dokploy-network.
     - default
-    - dokploy-network
 
 services:
   gateway:
@@ -42,6 +43,18 @@ services:
       DorkNet__Services__Monolith: http://monolith:8080
     expose:
       - "8080"
+    networks:
+      - default
+      - dokploy-network
+    labels:
+      # Cloudflare terminates TLS at the edge; the tunnel -> Traefik leg is
+      # internal HTTP, so route on the `web` entrypoint with no certresolver.
+      - traefik.enable=true
+      - traefik.docker.network=dokploy-network
+      # Scope routing to YOUR domain (apex + subdomains) instead of catch-all:
+      - traefik.http.routers.dorknet-gw.rule=Host(`${DORKNET_DOMAIN}`) || HostRegexp(`^.+\.${DORKNET_DOMAIN}$`)
+      - traefik.http.routers.dorknet-gw.entrypoints=web
+      - traefik.http.services.dorknet-gw.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
     depends_on:
       - identity
       - rooms
@@ -57,6 +70,10 @@ services:
   cloudflared:
     image: cloudflare/cloudflared:latest
     command: tunnel --no-autoupdate run --token ${CLOUDFLARE_TUNNEL_TOKEN:?Set CLOUDFLARE_TUNNEL_TOKEN in Dokploy}
+    # Must share dokploy-network so the tunnel can reach the Traefik
+    # container (dokploy-traefik) by name and hand traffic off to it.
+    networks:
+      - dokploy-network
     depends_on:
       - gateway
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/tools/cloudflared-config.coolify.yml.template b/tools/cloudflared-config.coolify.yml.template
index f263b44..f838b98 100644
--- a/tools/cloudflared-config.coolify.yml.template
+++ b/tools/cloudflared-config.coolify.yml.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # DorkNet Cloudflare Tunnel config — Coolify production target.
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Routes every localhost subdomain through the tunnel into the server
-# container running on Coolify. The tunnel runs as its own Coolify
+# Routes only DorkNet's known service subdomains through the tunnel
+# into the server container running on Coolify. The tunnel runs as its own Coolify
 # service (or as a sidecar in the same project) and reaches the
 # server over the internal Docker network.
 #
@@ -49,24 +49,93 @@ originRequest:
   keepAliveTimeout: 10m
   noHappyEyeballs: false
 
-# Ingress rules are evaluated top-down. The wildcard catches every
-# subdomain we don't list explicitly, so when the 2020 Rec Room client
-# (post-domain-patch) hits a niche subdomain like roomieintegrations.
-# localhost, the request still reaches the server.
+# Ingress rules are evaluated top-down. Replace localhost below with
+# your DORKNET_DOMAIN when installing this as a static cloudflared
+# config. Do not use a wildcard hostname: only these known client-facing
+# hosts should reach the gateway.
 ingress:
   - hostname: localhost
     service: {{UPSTREAM}}
     originRequest:
       httpHostHeader: localhost
 
-  - hostname: "*.localhost"
+  - hostname: admin.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: api.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: accounts.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: auth.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: bugreporting.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: cards.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: cdn.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: chat.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: clubs.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: cms.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: commerce.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: data.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: datacollection.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: discovery.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: econ.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: feed.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: gamelogs.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: geo.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: img.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: leaderboard.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: link.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: lists.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: match.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: moderation.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: ns.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: notify.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: platformnotifications.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: playersettings.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: roomcomments.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: roomieintegrations.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: rooms.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: storage.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: strings.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: strings-cdn.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: studio.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: thorn.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: videos.localhost
+    service: {{UPSTREAM}}
+  - hostname: www.localhost
     service: {{UPSTREAM}}
-    # cloudflared forwards the original Host header by default, which
-    # is what the server's [Host("api.localhost")] etc. attributes match
-    # against. No explicit httpHostHeader here so wildcards stay
-    # transparent.
 
   # Catch-all rejects anything that didn't match (defensive — the
-  # tunnel only routes traffic for hostnames we've added DNS records
-  # for, so this is rarely reached).
+  # tunnel only routes traffic for hostnames listed above).
   - service: http_status:404
diff --git a/tools/cloudflared-config.yml.template b/tools/cloudflared-config.yml.template
index 43b853a..78b38b4 100644
--- a/tools/cloudflared-config.yml.template
+++ b/tools/cloudflared-config.yml.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # DorkNet Cloudflare Tunnel config
 # ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Routes every localhost subdomain through the tunnel into the local
-# server (HTTPS on port 443). Generated by tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1
+# Routes only DorkNet's known localhost service subdomains through the
+# tunnel into the local server (HTTPS on port 443). Generated by tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1
 # — copy to %USERPROFILE%\.cloudflared\config.yml and replace the
 # {{TUNNEL_ID}} / {{CREDENTIALS_FILE}} placeholders.
 #
@@ -14,27 +14,96 @@
 tunnel: {{TUNNEL_ID}}
 credentials-file: {{CREDENTIALS_FILE}}
 
-# Ingress rules are evaluated top-down. The wildcard catches every
-# subdomain we don't list explicitly, so when the 2020 Rec Room client
-# (post-domain-patch) hits a niche subdomain like roomieintegrations.
-# localhost, the request still reaches the server.
+originRequest:
+  noTLSVerify: true
+
+# Ingress rules are evaluated top-down. Keep this list aligned with
+# DorkNetRouteOwnership.PublicSubdomains and ConfigService.ServiceSubdomains.
+# Do not use *.localhost here: only the subdomains the client actually
+# needs should reach the gateway/server.
 ingress:
   - hostname: localhost
     service: https://localhost:443
     originRequest:
-      noTLSVerify: true
       httpHostHeader: localhost
 
-  - hostname: "*.localhost"
+  - hostname: admin.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: api.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: accounts.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: auth.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: bugreporting.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: cards.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: cdn.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: chat.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: clubs.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: cms.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: commerce.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: data.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: datacollection.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: discovery.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: econ.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: feed.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: gamelogs.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: geo.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: img.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: leaderboard.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: link.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: lists.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: match.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: moderation.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: ns.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: notify.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: platformnotifications.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: playersettings.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: roomcomments.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: roomieintegrations.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: rooms.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: storage.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: strings.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: strings-cdn.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: studio.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: thorn.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: videos.localhost
+    service: https://localhost:443
+  - hostname: www.localhost
     service: https://localhost:443
-    originRequest:
-      noTLSVerify: true
-      # Forward the original Host header verbatim so the server's
-      # [Host("api.localhost")] etc. attributes match correctly.
-      # (cloudflared does this by default; setting it explicitly so
-      # config.yml is self-documenting.)
 
   # Catch-all rejects anything that didn't match (defensive — the
-  # tunnel only routes traffic for hostnames we've added DNS records
-  # for, so this is rarely reached).
+  # tunnel only routes traffic for hostnames listed above).
   - service: http_status:404
diff --git a/tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1 b/tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1
index 7984c9c..c33d40f 100644
--- a/tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1
+++ b/tools/setup-cloudflared.ps1
@@ -78,19 +78,15 @@ $Template = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'cloudflared-config.yml.template'
 $CfDir    = Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE '.cloudflared'
 $ConfigPath = Join-Path $CfDir 'config.yml'
 
-# Subdomains we want routed through the tunnel. The wildcard route in
-# config.yml catches everything; this list drives the per-subdomain
-# DNS CNAMEs Cloudflare needs (no automatic wildcard CNAME via the
-# CLI — each one is created explicitly via `cloudflared tunnel route
-# dns`).
+# Subdomains routed through the tunnel. Keep this list aligned with
+# DorkNetRouteOwnership.PublicSubdomains and the cloudflared config
+# template. We intentionally create explicit DNS routes instead of a
+# wildcard so unrelated subdomains do not reach the gateway.
 $Subdomains = @(
     '@',                        # apex (localhost itself)
     'admin', 'api', 'accounts', 'auth', 'cdn', 'chat', 'commerce',
     'discovery', 'econ', 'feed', 'geo', 'img', 'match', 'notify',
     'ns', 'playersettings', 'rooms', 'storage', 'strings', 'strings-cdn',
-    # Long-tail subdomains DorkNet's stub controllers ack — adding
-    # CNAMEs for these means the patched client never hits a NXDOMAIN
-    # for any of the URLs it might probe.
     'bugreporting', 'cards', 'clubs', 'cms', 'data', 'datacollection',
     'gamelogs', 'leaderboard', 'link', 'lists', 'moderation',
     'platformnotifications', 'roomcomments', 'roomieintegrations',