diff --git a/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.test.ts b/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.test.ts
index 8a117a8cc..583561ff7 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ describe('app browser embed shell', () => {
         expect(html).not.toContain('gui(');
     });
 
+    it.each([
+        [{}, '/dist/apps-embed.min.js'],
+        [
+            { gui_bundle: 'https://gui-cdn.deployment.test/bundle.min.js' },
+            'https://gui-cdn.deployment.test/apps-embed.min.js',
+        ],
+        [
+            { gui_bundle: '/static/bundle.min.js?v=42' },
+            '/static/apps-embed.min.js?v=42',
+        ],
+    ])('loads its script from beside the GUI bundle %j', (config, script) => {
+        const html = makeService(config).renderAppBrowserEmbed();
+        expect(html).toContain(`<script defer src="${script}"></script>`);
+    });
+
     it('escapes configured values without breaking its JSON bootstrap', () => {
         const sdkUrl = '/sdk.js?value=</script><script>unexpected()</script>';
         const html = makeService({
diff --git a/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.ts b/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.ts
index 81587f058..39791afaf 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/homepage/PuterHomepageService.ts
@@ -191,11 +191,28 @@ export class PuterHomepageService extends PuterService {
 <body>
     <main id="app-browser" class="dashboard"></main>
     <script type="application/json" id="app-browser-config">${configJson}</script>
-    <script defer src="/dist/apps-embed.min.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="${encode(this.#appBrowserEmbedScript())}"></script>
 </body>
 </html>`;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The embed's script is built beside the GUI bundle, so it is served from
+     * wherever `gui_bundle` is (a CDN in production), with the same query.
+     */
+    #appBrowserEmbedScript(): string {
+        const base = 'http://relative.invalid';
+        const bundle = new URL(
+            this.config.gui_bundle ?? '/dist/bundle.min.js',
+            base,
+        );
+        const script = new URL('apps-embed.min.js', bundle);
+        script.search = bundle.search;
+        return script.origin === base
+            ? `${script.pathname}${script.search}`
+            : script.href;
+    }
+
     /** `scriptPath` is a same-origin absolute path, like `/ext/push/worker.js`. */
     registerServiceWorkerScript(scriptPath: string): void {
         if (
diff --git a/src/backend/types.ts b/src/backend/types.ts
index 4a3ac5514..4b14754fa 100644
--- a/src/backend/types.ts
+++ b/src/backend/types.ts
@@ -256,12 +256,7 @@ export interface IPreludeConfig {
      * an RCS agent provisioned in the Prelude account to actually use RCS.
      */
     preferredChannel?:
-        | 'sms'
-        | 'rcs'
-        | 'whatsapp'
-        | 'viber'
-        | 'zalo'
-        | 'telegram';
+        'sms' | 'rcs' | 'whatsapp' | 'viber' | 'zalo' | 'telegram';
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1106,7 +1101,10 @@ interface IConfigOptional {
     builtin_apps: Record<string, string>;
     /** Force the bundled GUI even in dev. Default: false. */
     use_bundled_gui: boolean;
-    /** Override the GUI bundle JS path. Default: `/dist/bundle.min.js`. */
+    /**
+     * Override the GUI bundle JS path. Default: `/dist/bundle.min.js`. The app
+     * browser embed loads `apps-embed.min.js` from the same directory.
+     */
     gui_bundle: string;
     /** Override the GUI CSS path when bundled. Default: `/dist/bundle.min.css`. */
     gui_css: string;
@@ -1393,7 +1391,8 @@ export interface ServerDrainInfo {
 }
 
 export interface WithCostsReporting extends WithLifecycle {
-    getReportedCosts?: () => // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    getReportedCosts?: () =>
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
         | Promise<Record<string, any>[]>
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
         | Record<string, any>[];