diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 2fd12b9..68e2b63 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,31 @@ app.use(cors({
 // Serve uploaded files
 app.use('/uploads', express.static(UPLOADS_DIR));
 
+// iOS Google OAuth initiator — opens in ASWebAuthenticationSession (Safari jar).
+// This GET endpoint calls Better Auth's sign-in/social internally (server-to-server),
+// then forwards the state cookie and redirects to Google — all within the same
+// Safari session. This keeps the state cookie in the same jar that will receive
+// the Google callback, avoiding the state_mismatch error.
+app.get('/api/ios-google', async (req, res) => {
+  const callbackURL = (req.query.callbackURL as string) || `https://labwise.wahwa.com/api/ios-callback`;
+  try {
+    const baRes = await fetch(`http://localhost:${PORT}/api/auth/sign-in/social`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Origin': 'https://labwise.wahwa.com' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ provider: 'google', callbackURL }),
+      redirect: 'manual',
+    });
+    // Forward the state cookie Better Auth set, then redirect to Google
+    const setCookie = baRes.headers.get('set-cookie');
+    if (setCookie) res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', setCookie);
+    const body = await baRes.json() as { url?: string };
+    if (!body.url) return res.status(500).send('No redirect URL from auth server');
+    return res.redirect(body.url);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return res.status(500).send('Auth initiation failed');
+  }
+});
+
 // iOS OAuth callback — must be registered before the Better Auth wildcard
 // so Express matches this specific path first.
 // Better Auth completes the Google flow, sets the session cookie, then