diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index b059965..18db9e6 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ async def csrf_header(request, call_next):
     # SameSite=Lax cookie, so <form action=.../account/delete> from a
     # malicious page would work; forms can't set a custom header, the SPA
     # always sends it. Runs *after* require_auth (registered earlier), so
-    # unauthenticated requests still get 302/401 first.
-    if request.method in ("POST", "DELETE") and request.url.path != "/login":
+    # unauthenticated requests still get 302/401 first. /login is covered too
+    # now (was exempt): forced-login from an attacker's cross-site form is
+    # dead on arrival, and login.html sends the header like everything else.
+    if request.method in ("POST", "DELETE"):
         if request.headers.get("x-aniweb") != "1":
             return JSONResponse({"detail": "forbidden"}, status_code=403)
     return await call_next(request)
diff --git a/static/login.html b/static/login.html
index 30fbcbb..78b72ab 100644
--- a/static/login.html
+++ b/static/login.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const next = new URLSearchParams(location.search).get("next");
 async function login() {
   $("err").textContent = "";
   const r = await fetch(BASE + "login", {method: "POST",
-    headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+    headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Aniweb": "1"},
     body: JSON.stringify({username: $("user").value, password: $("pw").value})});
   if (r.ok) {
     location.href = next ? BASE + next.replace(/^\/+/, "") : BASE;
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 6dfb8d6..dea87ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -297,8 +297,16 @@ def test_self_delete(base=BASE):
 
 def test_csrf_header_required(base=BASE):
     # mutation routes without the X-Aniweb header -> 403 (a cross-site form
-    # POST can't set it; the SPA always sends it). /login is exempt.
+    # POST can't set it; the SPA always sends it). /login included (was
+    # exempt): forced-login from an attacker's cross-site form is dead.
     jar = login("admin", "adminpw12345", base)
+    r = urllib.request.Request(base + "/login", method="POST",
+                               data=json.dumps({"username": "admin", "password": "x12345678"}).encode(),
+                               headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})  # no X-Aniweb on purpose
+    try:
+        assert urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar)).open(r).status == 403
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        assert e.code == 403, e.code
     r = urllib.request.Request(base + "/logout", method="POST")
     try:
         assert urllib.request.build_opener(
diff --git a/tests/test_browser.py b/tests/test_browser.py
index 6a28e26..3c055d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_browser.py
+++ b/tests/test_browser.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def _history_page_and_delete():
     op = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar))
     op.open(urllib.request.Request(BASE + "/login",
               data=json.dumps({"username": "erin", "password": "erinpw12345"}).encode(),
-              headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}, method="POST"))
+              headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Aniweb": "1"}, method="POST"))
     for n in range(1, 6):  # 5 entries: makes the home "history →" link render
         e = {"title": f"Hist {n}", "slug_id": f"hist-{n}", "season_id": n, "ep_id": n,
              "lang": "eng", "ep": n, "pos": 5, "dur": 600}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ async def _recent_searches():
     op = urllib.request.build_opener(urllib.request.HTTPCookieProcessor(jar))
     op.open(urllib.request.Request(BASE + "/login",
               data=json.dumps({"username": "alice", "password": "alicepw12345"}).encode(),
-              headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}, method="POST"))
+              headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Aniweb": "1"}, method="POST"))
     op.open(urllib.request.Request(BASE + "/api/searches",
               data=json.dumps({"q": "chainsaw"}).encode(),
               headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Aniweb": "1"}, method="POST"))