diff --git a/apps/logicsrc-web/src/proxy.ts b/apps/logicsrc-web/src/proxy.ts
index bfa8419..a7eeb01 100644
--- a/apps/logicsrc-web/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/apps/logicsrc-web/src/proxy.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 // This is the Next 16 "proxy" (formerly middleware) entrypoint.
 const ALLOWED_APEX = process.env.PUBLIC_DOMAIN || "logicsrc.com";
 
-export async function proxy(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
+export async function proxy(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response | NextResponse> {
   // Crawl gateway first: AI training crawlers get 402 Payment Required (or the
   // sales page at /crawl) unless they present a paid pass. People, Googlebot
   // and retrieval crawlers fall through to everything below.