diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 2cb65be..d95c6b5 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 services:
   obbyircd:
     image: ${OBBYIRCD_IMAGE:-mattfly/obbyircd:latest}
-    container_name: obbyircd
     restart: unless-stopped
     expose:
       - "8080"
@@ -37,13 +36,19 @@ services:
       start_period: 30s
     labels:
       - traefik.enable=true
+      # IRC websocket on its own subdomain.
       - traefik.http.routers.obbyircd.rule=Host(`${IRC_FQDN}`)
       - traefik.http.routers.obbyircd.tls=true
       - traefik.http.services.obbyircd.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
+      # IRC websocket on the API host (WSS upgrade requests only).
+      # Longer rule + priority 100 wins over obby-api's catch-all.
+      - traefik.http.routers.obbyircd-ws.rule=Host(`${API_FQDN}`) && HeaderRegexp(`Upgrade`,`websocket`)
+      - traefik.http.routers.obbyircd-ws.tls=true
+      - traefik.http.routers.obbyircd-ws.priority=100
+      - traefik.http.services.obbyircd-ws.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
 
   obby-api:
     image: ${OBBY_API_IMAGE:-mattfly/obby-api:latest}
-    container_name: obby-api
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       obbyircd:
@@ -81,7 +86,6 @@ services:
 
   obby:
     image: ${OBBY_WEB_IMAGE:-mattfly/obby:latest}
-    container_name: obby-web
     restart: unless-stopped
     profiles: ["frontend"]
     expose: