diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 9d4c54f..f3e47af 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ server {
     proxy_buffering off;
   }
 
+  # Dev/demo auth discovery. The SPA uses this to decide whether to show and
+  # enable the dev-login affordance. Keep this exact route ahead of the SPA
+  # fallback or nginx will return index.html and the client will disable it.
+  location = /internal/dev-login-config {
+    default_type application/json;
+    add_header Cache-Control "no-store" always;
+    return 200 '{"enabled":true,"email":"dev@flow-master.ai"}';
+  }
+
   # SPA fallback to index.html for client-side routing.
   location / {
     try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
diff --git a/src/lib/api.ts b/src/lib/api.ts
index 3f5dbf5..16553ef 100644
--- a/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@ export const api = {
     return data;
   },
 
-  async devLoginConfig(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<{ enabled: boolean | null }> {
+  async devLoginConfig(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<{ enabled: boolean | null; email?: string }> {
     try {
       const init: RequestInit = { method: "GET", headers: { "Accept": "application/json" }, signal };
       const r = await instrumentedFetch("GET", `${this.config.baseUrl}/internal/dev-login-config`, init);
       if (r.ok) {
-        const body = await r.json() as { enabled: boolean };
-        return { enabled: !!body.enabled };
+        const body = await r.json() as { enabled: boolean; email?: string };
+        return { enabled: !!body.enabled, email: body.email };
       }
     } catch {
       // network/parse error — caller treats null as "no opinion"
diff --git a/src/scenes/Login.test.tsx b/src/scenes/Login.test.tsx
index 79d9efe..51a96b8 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Login.test.tsx
+++ b/src/scenes/Login.test.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ describe("Login Scene", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("uses configured dev-login email without requiring typed credentials", async () => {
+    (api.devLoginConfig as any).mockResolvedValueOnce({ enabled: true, email: "dev@flow-master.ai" });
+    mockLoginAs.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    render(<Login />);
+
+    const devButton = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /DEV-LOGIN/i });
+    expect((devButton as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(false);
+    fireEvent.click(devButton);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockLoginAs).toHaveBeenCalledWith("dev@flow-master.ai", undefined, { method: "dev" });
+      expect(mockSetScene).toHaveBeenCalledWith("mission");
+    });
+  });
+
   it("SSO button is disabled until probe resolves to ready", async () => {
     render(<Login />);
     const ssoBtn = screen.getAllByRole("button", { name: /MICROSOFT SIGN-IN|CONTINUE WITH MICROSOFT/i })[0] as HTMLButtonElement;
@@ -78,4 +94,4 @@ describe("Login Scene", () => {
     fireEvent.click(ssoBtn);
     expect(mockLoginAs).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/src/scenes/Login.tsx b/src/scenes/Login.tsx
index feb037e..2a2c4c3 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Login.tsx
+++ b/src/scenes/Login.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default function Login() {
   const [rememberMe, setRememberMe] = useState(false);
   const buildAllowsDev = (import.meta.env.VITE_ENABLE_DEV_LOGIN ?? "true") !== "false";
   const [devLoginEnabled, setDevLoginEnabled] = useState(buildAllowsDev);
+  const [devLoginEmail, setDevLoginEmail] = useState("dev@flow-master.ai");
   const [ssoState, setSsoState] = useState<"unknown" | "ready" | "not-configured" | "not-wired">("unknown");
   const [backendState, setBackendState] = useState<"unknown" | "up" | "auth-down" | "proxy-down">("unknown");
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
@@ -21,7 +22,13 @@ export default function Login() {
       setDevLoginEnabled(false);
     } else {
       api.devLoginConfig()
-        .then((cfg) => { if (cfg.enabled === false) setDevLoginEnabled(false); })
+        .then((cfg) => {
+          if (cfg.enabled === false) setDevLoginEnabled(false);
+          if (cfg.email) {
+            setDevLoginEmail(cfg.email);
+            setEmail((current) => current || cfg.email || "");
+          }
+        })
         .catch(() => { /* endpoint absent → keep state */ });
     }
     fetch("/api/v1/auth/microsoft/login", { method: "GET", redirect: "manual" })
@@ -69,14 +76,15 @@ export default function Login() {
       setError("Developer sign-in is disabled in this build.");
       return;
     }
-    if (!email) {
-      setError("Email required for dev-login");
+    const selectedEmail = email || devLoginEmail;
+    if (!selectedEmail) {
+      setError("Developer sign-in has no configured email.");
       return;
     }
     setLoading(true);
     setError(null);
     try {
-      await loginAs(email, undefined, { method: "dev" });
+      await loginAs(selectedEmail, undefined, { method: "dev" });
       setScene("mission");
     } catch (err) {
       setError((err as Error).message);
@@ -211,7 +219,7 @@ export default function Login() {
           </button>
 
           {devLoginEnabled && (
-            <button type="button" className="dev-login-btn" onClick={handleDevLogin} disabled={loading || !email}>
+            <button type="button" className="dev-login-btn" onClick={handleDevLogin} disabled={loading}>
               <Bot size={14} /> SIGN IN AS DEVELOPER (DEV-LOGIN)
             </button>
           )}