diff --git a/apps/api/.env.example b/apps/api/.env.example
index f62b165..460910a 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.example
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=change-me-to-a-long-random-string
 BETTER_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PORT=3000
 
-# Comma-separated browser origins allowed for CORS + better-auth (the worker SPA).
+# Comma-separated browser origins allowed for CORS + better-auth (the worker SPA on 5173
+# and the admin SPA on 5174).
 # Add your phone's LAN origin to test on a device — no code edit needed, e.g.:
 # CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173,http://192.168.1.50:5173
-CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173
+CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173,http://localhost:5174
diff --git a/apps/api/src/env.ts b/apps/api/src/env.ts
index 882c883..177ba2e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/env.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export const env = {
   PORT: Number(process.env.PORT ?? 3000),
   // Browser origins allowed for CORS + better-auth trustedOrigins. Set CORS_ORIGINS to a
   // comma-separated list (e.g. "http://localhost:5173,http://192.168.1.50:5173") to let a
-  // phone on the LAN reach the API — no code edit needed. Defaults to the local Vite origin.
-  WEB_ORIGINS: webOrigins && webOrigins.length ? webOrigins : ['http://localhost:5173'],
+  // phone on the LAN reach the API — no code edit needed. Defaults to the local Vite origins
+  // for the worker (5173) and admin (5174) SPAs.
+  WEB_ORIGINS:
+    webOrigins && webOrigins.length
+      ? webOrigins
+      : ['http://localhost:5173', 'http://localhost:5174'],
 };
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/me.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/me.ts
index 5c962ef..af65f9e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/me.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/me.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Hono } from 'hono';
-import type { MeResponse } from '@solelog/shared';
+import type { MeResponse, Role } from '@solelog/shared';
 import { auth } from '../auth';
 
 export const me = new Hono();
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ me.get('/api/me', async (c) => {
       id: session.user.id,
       email: session.user.email,
       name: session.user.name,
+      role: ((session.user as { role?: string | null }).role ?? 'worker') as Role,
     },
   };
   return c.json(body);
diff --git a/apps/api/test/cors.test.ts b/apps/api/test/cors.test.ts
index 9a6e525..9f56822 100644
--- a/apps/api/test/cors.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/test/cors.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { createApp } from '../src/app';
 
 const ORIGIN = 'http://localhost:5173';
+const ADMIN_ORIGIN = 'http://localhost:5174';
 
 describe('cors', () => {
   it('answers a CORS preflight for the SPA origin', async () => {
@@ -18,6 +19,20 @@ describe('cors', () => {
     expect(allowMethods).toContain('GET');
   });
 
+  it('answers a CORS preflight for the admin SPA origin', async () => {
+    const app = createApp();
+    const res = await app.request('/api/activities', {
+      method: 'OPTIONS',
+      headers: {
+        Origin: ADMIN_ORIGIN,
+        'Access-Control-Request-Method': 'GET',
+      },
+    });
+    expect(res.headers.get('access-control-allow-origin')).toBe(ADMIN_ORIGIN);
+    const allowMethods = res.headers.get('access-control-allow-methods') ?? '';
+    expect(allowMethods).toContain('GET');
+  });
+
   it('exposes set-auth-token to the SPA origin', async () => {
     const app = createApp();
     const res = await app.request('/api/activities', {
diff --git a/apps/api/test/me.test.ts b/apps/api/test/me.test.ts
index f773936..fcd6264 100644
--- a/apps/api/test/me.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/test/me.test.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,24 @@ describe('GET /api/me', () => {
     const body = await res.json();
     expect(body.user.email).toBe(email);
   });
+
+  it('returns role "worker" for a worker token', async () => {
+    const app = createApp();
+    const token = await authToken(app, 'worker-role@example.com', 'worker');
+
+    const res = await app.request('/api/me', { headers: bearer(token) });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.user.role).toBe('worker');
+  });
+
+  it('returns role "admin" for an admin token', async () => {
+    const app = createApp();
+    const token = await authToken(app, 'admin-role@example.com', 'admin');
+
+    const res = await app.request('/api/me', { headers: bearer(token) });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.user.role).toBe('admin');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
index bd1dfbb..86401c2 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ export const HealthResponse = z.object({
 });
 export type HealthResponse = z.infer<typeof HealthResponse>;
 
+export const Role = z.enum(['worker', 'admin']);
+export type Role = z.infer<typeof Role>;
+
 export const PublicUser = z.object({
   id: z.string(),
   email: z.string().email(),
   name: z.string(),
+  role: Role,
 });
 export type PublicUser = z.infer<typeof PublicUser>;
 
@@ -20,9 +24,6 @@ export type MeResponse = z.infer<typeof MeResponse>;
 export const InsoleType = z.enum(['Kurk', 'Berk', '3D']);
 export type InsoleType = z.infer<typeof InsoleType>;
 
-export const Role = z.enum(['worker', 'admin']);
-export type Role = z.infer<typeof Role>;
-
 export const Activity = z.object({
   id: z.number().int(),
   name: z.string(),