diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts b/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
index 917ed953..39460750 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ import { env } from 'process';
 import { cookieName, cookieMaxAge } from '$lib/paraglide/runtime';
 import { detectLocale } from '$lib/shared/server/locale';
 
-const PUBLIC_PATHS = ['/login', '/logout', '/forgot-password', '/reset-password', '/register'];
+const PUBLIC_PATHS = [
+	'/login',
+	'/logout',
+	'/forgot-password',
+	'/reset-password',
+	'/register',
+	'/hilfe/transkription' // prerendered help page — must be reachable without an auth cookie
+];
 
 const handleLocaleDetection: Handle = ({ event, resolve }) => {
 	if (!event.cookies.get(cookieName)) {