diff --git a/apps/web/src/features/journal/images.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/features/journal/images.test.tsx
index dd8102b..9cb0460 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/features/journal/images.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/features/journal/images.test.tsx
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ it('rejects cross-origin uploads and bounds chunked bodies before buffering', as
     await Effect.runPromise(
       readImageUpload(
         new Request(url, { method: 'POST', headers, body: bytes }),
+        headers.origin,
       ),
     ),
   ).toEqual(bytes);
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ it('rejects cross-origin uploads and bounds chunked bodies before buffering', as
           headers: { ...headers, origin },
           body: bytes,
         }),
+        headers.origin,
       ).pipe(Effect.either),
     );
     expect(result._tag).toBe('Left');
@@ -124,9 +126,10 @@ it('rejects cross-origin uploads and bounds chunked bodies before buffering', as
     },
   });
   const result = await Effect.runPromise(
-    readImageUpload(new Request(url, { method: 'POST', headers, body })).pipe(
-      Effect.either,
-    ),
+    readImageUpload(
+      new Request(url, { method: 'POST', headers, body }),
+      headers.origin,
+    ).pipe(Effect.either),
   );
   expect(result._tag).toBe('Left');
   expect(cancelled).toBeTrue();
diff --git a/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.test.ts b/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..181339c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { expect, it } from 'bun:test';
+import { Effect } from 'effect';
+
+import { readImageUpload } from './image-response.ts';
+
+const publicOrigin = 'https://journal.example';
+const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode('GIF89a');
+
+it('accepts the public HTTPS origin over an internal HTTP connection', async () => {
+  const request = new Request('http://journal.example/api/journal-images/', {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      origin: publicOrigin,
+      'x-postlude-image-upload': 'true',
+      'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
+    },
+    body: bytes,
+  });
+
+  expect(
+    await Effect.runPromise(readImageUpload(request, publicOrigin)),
+  ).toEqual(bytes);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  { origin: 'https://evil.example', marker: 'true' },
+  { origin: 'http://journal.example', marker: 'true' },
+  { origin: 'null', marker: 'true' },
+  { origin: undefined, marker: 'true' },
+  { origin: publicOrigin, marker: undefined },
+  { origin: publicOrigin, marker: 'false' },
+])(
+  'rejects untrusted origins or missing upload intent: %j',
+  async ({ origin, marker }) => {
+    const headers = new Headers({
+      host: 'evil.example',
+      'x-forwarded-host': 'evil.example',
+      'x-forwarded-proto': 'https',
+      forwarded: 'host=evil.example;proto=https',
+    });
+    if (origin !== undefined) {
+      headers.set('origin', origin);
+    }
+    if (marker !== undefined) {
+      headers.set('x-postlude-image-upload', marker);
+    }
+    const request = new Request('https://evil.example/api/journal-images/', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers,
+      body: bytes,
+    });
+
+    const result = await Effect.runPromise(
+      readImageUpload(request, publicOrigin).pipe(Effect.either),
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      _tag: 'Left',
+      left: { _tag: 'JournalValidationError' },
+    });
+    expect(request.bodyUsed).toBeFalse();
+  },
+);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.ts b/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.ts
index c8e7004..3cb3a61 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/features/journal/services/image-response.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ const readBoundedImage = async (request: Request): Promise<Uint8Array> => {
 };
 
 /** Count streamed bytes before buffering so chunked uploads obey the same limit. */
-export const readImageUpload = (request: Request) =>
+export const readImageUpload = (request: Request, publicOrigin: string) =>
   Effect.tryPromise({
     try: async () => {
       if (
-        request.headers.get('origin') !== new URL(request.url).origin ||
+        // TLS terminates at the proxy; the internal request URL can use HTTP.
+        request.headers.get('origin') !== publicOrigin ||
         request.headers.get('x-postlude-image-upload') !== 'true'
       ) {
         throw new JournalValidationError({
@@ -69,9 +70,13 @@ export const uploadImageResponse = async (
   request: Request,
 ): Promise<Response> => {
   const { runJournalEffect } = await import('./journal-runtime.ts');
+  const { env } = await import('#/shared/env.ts');
   return runJournalEffect(
     Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const bytes = yield* readImageUpload(request);
+      const bytes = yield* readImageUpload(
+        request,
+        new URL(env.BETTER_AUTH_URL).origin,
+      );
       const images = yield* JournalImages;
       const uploaded = yield* images.upload(bytes);
       return Response.json(uploaded, { headers: privateResponseHeaders });