diff --git a/cmd/librenotes/serve.go b/cmd/librenotes/serve.go
index 6b5cc62..aef66be 100644
--- a/cmd/librenotes/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/librenotes/serve.go
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ func runServe(args []string) error {
 	apiHandler := api.Routes()
 	root.Handle("/auth/", apiHandler)
 	root.Handle("/api/", apiHandler)
+	// /healthz is mounted directly so the static fall-through handler
+	// below does not shadow it. The api.Routes() mux registers it for
+	// completeness but with apiHandler attached only at /auth/ and
+	// /api/, the route is otherwise unreachable from the public origin.
+	root.Handle("/healthz", apiHandler)
 
 	pub, err := fs.Sub(publicFS, "web/public")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/librenotes/serve_test.go b/cmd/librenotes/serve_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b2dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/librenotes/serve_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestServeMounts ensures the public origin exposes /healthz, /auth/*,
+// and /api/* (auth-protected). It uses the same routing topology as
+// runServe but skips the embedded file system, since the static
+// fall-through is what shadowed /healthz before this test existed.
+func TestServeMounts(t *testing.T) {
+	root := http.NewServeMux()
+	apiHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/healthz":
+			_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"status":"ok"}`)
+		case "/auth/login":
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		case "/api/whoami":
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		default:
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+		}
+	})
+	root.Handle("/auth/", apiHandler)
+	root.Handle("/api/", apiHandler)
+	root.Handle("/healthz", apiHandler)
+	root.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+	}))
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(root)
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		path string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"/healthz", http.StatusOK},
+		{"/auth/login", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed},
+		{"/api/whoami", http.StatusUnauthorized},
+		{"/does-not-exist", http.StatusNotFound},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		resp, err := http.Get(srv.URL + tc.path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("GET %s: %v", tc.path, err)
+		}
+		if resp.StatusCode != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got %d, want %d", tc.path, resp.StatusCode, tc.want)
+		}
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		if tc.path == "/healthz" && !strings.Contains(string(body), `"status":"ok"`) {
+			t.Errorf("/healthz body = %q, want it to contain status:ok", body)
+		}
+	}
+}