diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index 1ac3523..1810f36 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ export const config = {
     /*
      * Match all request paths except for the ones starting with:
      * - api (API routes)
+     * - admin (admin panel — static page, manages its own security)
      * - _next/static (static files)
      * - _next/image (image optimization files)
      * - favicon.ico, sitemap.xml, robots.txt (metadata files)
      */
     {
-      source: '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|sitemap.xml|robots.txt).*)',
+      source: '/((?!api|admin|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|sitemap.xml|robots.txt).*)',
       missing: [
         { type: 'header', key: 'next-router-prefetch' },
         { type: 'header', key: 'purpose', value: 'prefetch' },