diff --git a/services/frontend/server.mjs b/services/frontend/server.mjs
index f324208..6ae0a59 100644
--- a/services/frontend/server.mjs
+++ b/services/frontend/server.mjs
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ function resolveAuthUser(req) {
   return value || null;
 }
 
+function hasCookie(req, name, value) {
+  const raw = typeof req.headers.cookie === 'string' ? req.headers.cookie : '';
+  if (!raw) return false;
+  return raw
+    .split(';')
+    .map((p) => p.trim())
+    .some((kv) => kv === `${name}=${value}`);
+}
+
 function proxyApi(req, res, apiReadToken) {
   const upstreamBase = new URL(API_UPSTREAM);
   const inUrl = new URL(req.url || '/', `http://${req.headers.host || 'localhost'}`);
@@ -256,9 +265,19 @@ function handler(req, res) {
 
   if (req.method === 'GET' && url.pathname === '/logout') {
     // NOTE: With HTTP basic auth handled upstream (Traefik), browser "logout" is best-effort.
-    // This endpoint forces a 401 so the browser prompts again, allowing the user to switch accounts.
-    res.setHeader('www-authenticate', 'Basic realm="trade"');
-    send(res, 401, { 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8', 'cache-control': 'no-store' }, 'logged_out');
+    // We force a single 401 to show the browser prompt, then on retry we redirect back to '/'.
+    const marker = 'trade_logout';
+    if (!hasCookie(req, marker, '1')) {
+      res.setHeader('set-cookie', `${marker}=1; Path=/logout; Max-Age=10; SameSite=Lax`);
+      res.setHeader('www-authenticate', 'Basic realm="trade"');
+      send(res, 401, { 'content-type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8', 'cache-control': 'no-store' }, 'logged_out');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    res.setHeader('set-cookie', `${marker}=; Path=/logout; Max-Age=0; SameSite=Lax`);
+    res.statusCode = 302;
+    res.setHeader('location', '/');
+    res.end();
     return;
   }