diff --git a/app/session.php b/app/session.php
index 5fb3a0e..3651670 100644
--- a/app/session.php
+++ b/app/session.php
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 // app/session.php
 ob_start(); // ensure output buffering is on regardless of php.ini — prevents stray output from corrupting JSON API responses
 
+// The buffer is still flushed, so notices would still land in front of the JSON
+// body and break the client's parse ("Server error occurred."). The login API
+// engines load this file instead of db_auth.php, so apply the same policy here.
+ini_set('display_errors', '0');
+ini_set('log_errors', '1');
+
 if (session_status() === PHP_SESSION_NONE) {
 
     // Derive cookie path dynamically from the current script location.