diff --git a/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx b/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 0003deb..6df66f8 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -551,7 +551,10 @@ export function Workspace() {
   // GRADIENT MASK, RAW, and an export past the photo's own pixels. An
   // allowlisted admin is the operator, so it counts as PRO by construction.
   const member = !!user;
-  const pro = !!user?.pro;
+  // `admin` as well as `pro`: the server already answers PRO for an allowlisted
+  // operator, but a deployment mid-rollout can serve an API older than this
+  // bundle, and the operator must never be the one account that reads as basic.
+  const pro = !!user?.pro || !!user?.admin;
   // The export ceiling the menu and the file both obey: none for PRO, the
   // photo's own long edge for a basic account, the tier's 2048 for a guest.
   const exportCap = pro ? null : member ? editedLongest : TIERS.guest.maxExportDim;