diff --git a/httpdocs/public/.htaccess b/httpdocs/public/.htaccess
index a5ee474..10d5150 100644
--- a/httpdocs/public/.htaccess
+++ b/httpdocs/public/.htaccess
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-# Enable rewrite engine
 RewriteEngine On
 
-# Set a rewrite condition for non-API requests
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/api/ [NC]
-RewriteRule .* - [E=NEED_AUTH:1]
-
-# Basic Authentication
-AuthType Basic
-AuthName "Passwortgeschützter Bereich"
-AuthUserFile /var/www/vhosts/futbase.digital/httpdocs/public/.htpasswd
-Require valid-user
-
-# Skip auth for API routes
-Satisfy any
-Order Allow,Deny
-Allow from all
-Deny from env=NEED_AUTH
-
 # Use the front controller as index file. It serves as a fallback solution when
 # every other rewrite/redirect fails (e.g. in an aliased environment without
 # mod_rewrite). Additionally, this reduces the matching process for the
@@ -37,8 +20,6 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 </IfModule>
 
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-    RewriteEngine On
-
     # Determine the RewriteBase automatically and set it as environment variable.
     # If you are using Apache aliases to do mass virtual hosting or installed the
     # project in a subdirectory, the base path will be prepended to allow proper
@@ -53,6 +34,30 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
     RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
     RewriteRule ^ - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
+    # ERSTE PRIORITÄT: Statische HTML-Dateien (außer index.html) direkt ausliefern
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(html)$ [NC]
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.html$ [NC]
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
+    RewriteRule ^ - [L]
+
+    # Authentication nur für Nicht-API und Nicht-statische-HTML-Requests
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/api/ [NC]
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(html)$ [NC,OR]
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index\.html$ [NC]
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=NEED_AUTH:1]
+
+    # Basic Authentication
+    AuthType Basic
+    AuthName "Passwortgeschützter Bereich"
+    AuthUserFile /var/www/vhosts/futbase.digital/httpdocs/public/.htpasswd
+    Require valid-user
+
+    # Skip auth for API routes
+    Satisfy any
+    Order Allow,Deny
+    Allow from all
+    Deny from env=NEED_AUTH
+
     # Redirect to URI without front controller to prevent duplicate content
     # (with and without `/index.php`). Only do this redirect on the initial
     # rewrite by Apache and not on subsequent cycles. Otherwise we would get an