diff --git a/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php b/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
index e362173..c10dd84 100644
--- a/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
+++ b/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public function __invoke(Throwable $exception, Request $request): ?Response
         }
 
         $guard = (string) config('lazy.auth.guard', 'web');
-        $useAdminLayout = $status === 404 || ($status === 403 && Auth::guard($guard)->check());
+        $useAdminLayout = in_array($status, [403, 404], true) && Auth::guard($guard)->check();
 
         try {
             return response()->view('lazy::errors.page', [
diff --git a/src/LazyAdminServiceProvider.php b/src/LazyAdminServiceProvider.php
index 7aa9fa2..cefd1b9 100644
--- a/src/LazyAdminServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/LazyAdminServiceProvider.php
@@ -312,6 +312,14 @@ public function packageBooted(): void
             RouteFacade::put('profile/password', [ProfileController::class, 'password'])->middleware('throttle:6,1')->name('profile.password');
         }, ['middleware' => ['web', 'auth:'.config('lazy.auth.guard', 'web')]]);
 
+        // Let missing admin URLs pass through the same web/session/auth middleware as normal pages.
+        // Laravel evaluates fallback routes after regular routes, including host-defined admin routes.
+        RouteFacade::admin(function (): void {
+            RouteFacade::fallback(static function (): never {
+                abort(404);
+            });
+        });
+
         $prefix = trim((string) config('lazy.admin.route.name', 'admin.'), '.');
 
         app(SettingsRegistry::class)->registerSection(
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php b/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
index e20a8ce..f5d2185 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Step2dev\LazyAdmin\Exceptions\AdminErrorPages;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
     }
 });
 
-it('uses the actual admin layout for missing pages regardless of the authentication flag', function (): void {
+it('uses the actual admin layout for authenticated missing pages', function (): void {
     $user = new class extends User {};
     $user->id = 123;
     $this->be($user);
@@ -63,10 +64,19 @@
         ->and($response?->getContent())->toContain('Back to dashboard');
 });
 
-it('attempts full admin rendering for a guest 404 instead of the standalone template', function (): void {
+it('does not expose the admin interface to guests', function (): void {
     $renderer = new AdminErrorPages;
     $response = $renderer(new HttpException(404), Request::create('/admin/missing'));
 
     expect($response?->getStatusCode())->toBe(404)
-        ->and($response?->getContent())->toContain('data-lazy-admin-shell');
+        ->and($response?->getContent())->not->toContain('data-lazy-admin-shell');
+});
+
+it('registers a guarded fallback for unknown admin routes', function (): void {
+    $route = collect(Route::getRoutes()->getRoutes())
+        ->first(fn ($route) => $route->isFallback && str_contains($route->uri(), 'admin'));
+
+    expect($route)->not->toBeNull()
+        ->and($route->gatherMiddleware())->toContain('web')
+        ->and($route->gatherMiddleware())->toContain('auth:web');
 });