diff --git a/routes.go b/routes.go
index 3ae2e0b..f486094 100644
--- a/routes.go
+++ b/routes.go
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ func (c *Crawler) StartDashboard(addr string) error {
 	http.HandleFunc("/api/priorityCrawl", withAuth(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		c.handleAPIPriorityCrawl(w, r)
 	}))
+	// Internal crawl endpoint (no auth) - not exposed via traefik
+	http.HandleFunc("/internal/crawl", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		c.handleAPIPriorityCrawl(w, r)
+	})
 	http.HandleFunc("/api/checkFeed", withAuth(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		c.handleAPICheckFeed(w, r)
 	}))