diff --git a/src/lib/api/lnbits.ts b/src/lib/api/lnbits.ts
index 700df9a..6782808 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/lnbits.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/lnbits.ts
@@ -116,29 +116,12 @@ export class LnbitsAPI extends BaseService {
 
     if (!response.ok) {
       const errorText = await response.text()
-      // Try to surface FastAPI's `{"detail": "..."}` shape; fall back to raw
-      // body for non-JSON errors. Without this, every backend error renders
-      // as a generic "API request failed: <status>" and you can't distinguish
-      // "wrong endpoint" from "expired token" from "validation failure".
-      let detail: string = errorText
-      try {
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(errorText)
-        if (parsed && typeof parsed.detail === 'string') {
-          detail = parsed.detail
-        } else if (parsed && Array.isArray(parsed.detail)) {
-          // pydantic ValidationError: take the first msg
-          detail = parsed.detail[0]?.msg ?? errorText
-        }
-      } catch {
-        // body wasn't JSON; keep the raw text in `detail`
-      }
       console.error('LNBits API Error:', {
-        endpoint,
         status: response.status,
         statusText: response.statusText,
-        detail,
+        errorText
       })
-      throw new Error(`LNbits ${endpoint} ${response.status}: ${detail || response.statusText}`)
+      throw new Error(`API request failed: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
     }
 
     const data = await response.json()
@@ -209,12 +192,8 @@ export class LnbitsAPI extends BaseService {
   }
 
   async updateProfile(data: Partial<User>): Promise<User> {
-    // aiolabs/lnbits PR #26 (gap-fill 869f67c3) wired
-    // _publish_nostr_metadata_event into PATCH /api/v1/auth
-    // (auth_api.py:546). The legacy PUT /auth/update route does not
-    // exist on the post-cascade server.
-    return this.request<User>('/auth', {
-      method: 'PATCH',
+    return this.request<User>('/auth/update', {
+      method: 'PUT',
       body: JSON.stringify(data),
     })
   }