diff --git a/decnet/web/dependencies.py b/decnet/web/dependencies.py
index 42d5332..eee8bd9 100644
--- a/decnet/web/dependencies.py
+++ b/decnet/web/dependencies.py
@@ -18,6 +18,35 @@ repo = SQLiteRepository(db_path=str(DB_PATH))
 oauth2_scheme = OAuth2PasswordBearer(tokenUrl="/api/v1/auth/login")
 
 
+async def get_stream_user(request: Request, token: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    """Auth dependency for SSE endpoints — accepts Bearer header OR ?token= query param.
+    EventSource does not support custom headers, so the query-string fallback is intentional here only.
+    """
+    _credentials_exception = HTTPException(
+        status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
+        detail="Could not validate credentials",
+        headers={"WWW-Authenticate": "Bearer"},
+    )
+
+    auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization")
+    resolved: str | None = (
+        auth_header.split(" ", 1)[1]
+        if auth_header and auth_header.startswith("Bearer ")
+        else token
+    )
+    if not resolved:
+        raise _credentials_exception
+
+    try:
+        _payload: dict[str, Any] = jwt.decode(resolved, SECRET_KEY, algorithms=[ALGORITHM])
+        _user_uuid: Optional[str] = _payload.get("uuid")
+        if _user_uuid is None:
+            raise _credentials_exception
+        return _user_uuid
+    except jwt.PyJWTError:
+        raise _credentials_exception
+
+
 async def get_current_user(request: Request) -> str:
     _credentials_exception = HTTPException(
         status_code=status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED,
diff --git a/decnet/web/router/stream/api_stream_events.py b/decnet/web/router/stream/api_stream_events.py
index 3ae8c50..ad51125 100644
--- a/decnet/web/router/stream/api_stream_events.py
+++ b/decnet/web/router/stream/api_stream_events.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Query, Request
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 
-from decnet.web.dependencies import get_current_user, repo
+from decnet.web.dependencies import get_stream_user, repo
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async def stream_events(
     search: Optional[str] = None,
     start_time: Optional[str] = None,
     end_time: Optional[str] = None,
-    current_user: str = Depends(get_current_user)
+    current_user: str = Depends(get_stream_user)
 ) -> StreamingResponse:
     
     async def event_generator() -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]: