diff --git a/backend/cmd/geniusrund/main.go b/backend/cmd/geniusrund/main.go
index aec7434..e5103ba 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/geniusrund/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/geniusrund/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 		Duration:      cfg.SessionDuration,
 		Secure:        cfg.SessionSecure,
 		PublicBaseURL: cfg.PublicBaseURL,
+		FrontendURL:   cfg.FrontendURL,
 	})
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
diff --git a/backend/internal/api/api_test.go b/backend/internal/api/api_test.go
index a5cbd8b..380feb4 100644
--- a/backend/internal/api/api_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/api/api_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var testSessionConfig = SessionConfig{
 	Duration:      time.Hour,
 	Secure:        false,
 	PublicBaseURL: "https://geniusrun.example.com",
+	FrontendURL:   "https://app.geniusrun.example.com",
 }
 
 func newTestServer(t *testing.T) (*Server, *store.DB, int64) {
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ func TestSessionCallback_AuthorizedSetsSessionCookieAndRedirectsHome(t *testing.
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	s.Router().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/" {
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "https://app.geniusrun.example.com/" {
 		t.Fatalf("status = %d, Location = %q", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
 	}
 	var sessionCookie *http.Cookie
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ func TestSessionCallback_UnauthorizedRedirectsWithoutSessionCookie(t *testing.T)
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	s.Router().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
 
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/?auth_error=forbidden" {
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "https://app.geniusrun.example.com/?auth_error=forbidden" {
 		t.Fatalf("status = %d, Location = %q", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
 	}
 	for _, c := range rec.Result().Cookies() {
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ func TestSessionCallback_MissingTxnCookieRedirectsFailed(t *testing.T) {
 	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/session/callback?code=abc&state=s1", nil)
 	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	s.Router().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "/?auth_error=failed" {
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusFound || rec.Header().Get("Location") != "https://app.geniusrun.example.com/?auth_error=failed" {
 		t.Fatalf("status = %d, Location = %q", rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Location"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/api/session.go b/backend/internal/api/session.go
index 50e3e53..5519a8e 100644
--- a/backend/internal/api/session.go
+++ b/backend/internal/api/session.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ type SessionConfig struct {
 	// providers, including Keycloak, require this to be an absolute URL
 	// matching one registered on the client, not a bare relative path.
 	PublicBaseURL string
+	// FrontendURL is the origin the browser should land on after the OIDC
+	// callback (success or failure) -- see config.Config.FrontendURL for why
+	// this can differ from PublicBaseURL in a split-origin deployment.
+	FrontendURL string
 }
 
 type sessionMeResponse struct {
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleSessionCallback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	txnCookie, err := r.Cookie(auth.TxnCookieName)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("session callback: missing txn cookie: %v", err)
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, s.Session.FrontendURL+"/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
 		return
 	}
 	http.SetCookie(w, auth.ClearCookie(auth.TxnCookieName, s.Session.Secure))
@@ -57,18 +61,18 @@ func (s *Server) handleSessionCallback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	txn, err := auth.ParseTxnCookie(txnCookie, s.Session.Secret)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("session callback: failed to parse txn cookie: %v", err)
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, s.Session.FrontendURL+"/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
 		return
 	}
 
 	result, err := s.Auth.HandleCallback(r.Context(), txn, r.URL.Query())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("session callback: HandleCallback failed (state mismatch, code exchange, or ID-token verification): %v", err)
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, s.Session.FrontendURL+"/?auth_error=failed", http.StatusFound)
 		return
 	}
 	if !result.Authorized {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, "/?auth_error=forbidden", http.StatusFound)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, s.Session.FrontendURL+"/?auth_error=forbidden", http.StatusFound)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleSessionCallback(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	http.SetCookie(w, sessionCookie)
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusFound)
+	http.Redirect(w, r, s.Session.FrontendURL+"/", http.StatusFound)
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handleSessionLogout(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {