diff --git a/internal/handlers/bug_report.route.go b/internal/handlers/bug_report.route.go
index f0ac024..b1d5b59 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/bug_report.route.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/bug_report.route.go
@@ -544,21 +544,28 @@ func DeleteBugReportByID(db *sqlx.DB, dbName string) http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
+		log.Printf("[BUGREPORT] Delete requested: report_id=%s", reportId)
+
 		result, err := db.ExecContext(r.Context(), fmt.Sprintf("DELETE FROM %s.bug_reports WHERE id = ?", dbName), reportId)
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[BUGREPORT] Delete failed: report_id=%s err=%v", reportId, err)
 			jsonError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return
 		}
 		rowsAffected, err := result.RowsAffected()
 		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[BUGREPORT] Delete rows check failed: report_id=%s err=%v", reportId, err)
 			jsonError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return
 		}
 		if rowsAffected == 0 {
+			log.Printf("[BUGREPORT] Delete skipped: report_id=%s not found", reportId)
 			jsonError(w, http.StatusNotFound, "bug report not found")
 			return
 		}
 
+		log.Printf("[BUGREPORT] Deleted successfully: report_id=%s rows=%d", reportId, rowsAffected)
+
 		jsonOK(w, map[string]string{"message": "bug report deleted successfully"})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/routes/v1/admin.go b/internal/routes/v1/admin.go
index 8777bbd..c719e89 100644
--- a/internal/routes/v1/admin.go
+++ b/internal/routes/v1/admin.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 )
 
-func registerAdmin(r chi.Router, db *sqlx.DB) {
+func registerAdmin(r chi.Router, db *sqlx.DB, dbName string) {
 	r.Route("/admin", func(r chi.Router) {
 
 		// Auth — public, handles its own credential checks.
@@ -40,5 +40,14 @@ func registerAdmin(r chi.Router, db *sqlx.DB) {
 			r.Post("/{id}/reset-password", handlers.ResetPassword(db))
 			r.Delete("/{id}", handlers.DeleteUser(db))
 		})
+
+		// Backward-compatible alias for admin-prefixed bug report delete path.
+		r.Route("/bug-reports", func(r chi.Router) {
+			r.Use(apimw.APIKeyAuth(db))
+			r.Use(apimw.AdminKeyAuth(db))
+			r.Use(httprate.LimitByIP(30, time.Minute))
+
+			r.Delete("/{id}", handlers.DeleteBugReportByID(db, dbName))
+		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/routes/v1/v1.go b/internal/routes/v1/v1.go
index 13eaf1b..20b8ddf 100644
--- a/internal/routes/v1/v1.go
+++ b/internal/routes/v1/v1.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 // NewRouter returns a chi.Router with all /v1 routes mounted.
 func NewRouter(db *sqlx.DB, s3conn *storage.S3Connector) http.Handler {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
+	dbName := config.Load().Database
 
 	rl := emlyMiddleware.NewRateLimiter(config.Load())
 
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ func NewRouter(db *sqlx.DB, s3conn *storage.S3Connector) http.Handler {
 	r.Get("/health", handlers.Health(db))
 
 	r.Route("/api", func(r chi.Router) {
-		registerAdmin(r, db)
-		registerBugReports(r, db, config.Load().Database, s3conn)
+		registerAdmin(r, db, dbName)
+		registerBugReports(r, db, dbName, s3conn)
 	})
 
 	return r