diff --git a/frontend/src/features/download/api.ts b/frontend/src/features/download/api.ts
index 0d97847..93370e8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/download/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/download/api.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ const DEFAULT_REPO = 'loki5512344/LoVisual-'
 export const GITHUB_REPO: string = import.meta.env.VITE_GITHUB_REPO || DEFAULT_REPO
 
 /**
- * One-click download of the newest build: GitHub redirects `releases/latest/download/<asset>`
- * straight to the file, so every release must carry an asset named exactly `lovisual.jar`.
+ * One-click download of the newest build. Served directly from our own origin (not a
+ * github.com redirect) so the button keeps working even where GitHub itself is blocked.
+ * The file at `/downloads/lovisual.jar` on the server is NOT rebuilt automatically —
+ * whoever cuts a mod release has to `./gradlew build` and re-upload it there by hand
+ * (this is a separate Gradle project from the site, deliberately not wired into
+ * `backend/deploy/deploy.sh`).
  */
-export const DOWNLOAD_URL = `https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases/latest/download/lovisual.jar`
+export const DOWNLOAD_URL = '/downloads/lovisual.jar'
 
 /** A published GitHub release, narrowed to the fields the download page renders. */
 export type Release = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/download/tests/download.test.tsx b/frontend/src/features/download/tests/download.test.tsx
index 4c26657..92579b0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/download/tests/download.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/download/tests/download.test.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks())
 test('DownloadButton links straight to the latest lovisual.jar', () => {
   const { container } = withQuery(<DownloadButton />)
   const link = container.querySelector('a')
-  expect(link?.getAttribute('href')).toBe(
-    'https://github.com/loki5512344/LoVisual-/releases/latest/download/lovisual.jar',
-  )
+  expect(link?.getAttribute('href')).toBe('/downloads/lovisual.jar')
   expect(link?.hasAttribute('download')).toBe(true)
 })