diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/RedirectLegacyQrToLadillLink.php b/app/Http/Middleware/RedirectLegacyQrToLadillLink.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e3d799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/RedirectLegacyQrToLadillLink.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Middleware;
+
+use App\Support\LadillLink;
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+class RedirectLegacyQrToLadillLink
+{
+    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
+    {
+        if (! preg_match('#^q/[a-z0-9]#i', ltrim($request->path(), '/'))) {
+            return $next($request);
+        }
+
+        if (LadillLink::isInternalRequest($request)) {
+            return $next($request);
+        }
+
+        return LadillLink::legacyRedirect($request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Events/EventRegistrationService.php b/app/Services/Events/EventRegistrationService.php
index e965b03..6502a8f 100644
--- a/app/Services/Events/EventRegistrationService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Events/EventRegistrationService.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Services\Billing\BillingClient;
 use App\Services\Billing\PaystackService;
 use App\Services\Billing\SmsService;
 use App\Services\Pay\PayClient;
+use App\Support\LadillLink;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use RuntimeException;
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class EventRegistrationService
             'fee_tier' => $feeTier,
             'source_service' => 'events',
             'source_ref' => (string) $qrCode->id,
-            'callback_url' => route('qr.public.event.callback', ['shortCode' => $qrCode->short_code]),
+            'callback_url' => LadillLink::path($qrCode->short_code, 'register/callback'),
             'customer_name' => $registration->attendee_name,
             'customer_email' => $email,
             'customer_phone' => $registration->attendee_phone,
diff --git a/app/Support/LadillLink.php b/app/Support/LadillLink.php
index 3a51bc0..d29e89e 100644
--- a/app/Support/LadillLink.php
+++ b/app/Support/LadillLink.php
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace App\Support;
 
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
 /**
  * Canonical short-link URLs for the Ladill platform (ladl.link).
  */
 final class LadillLink
 {
+    public const INTERNAL_HEADER = 'X-Ladill-Internal';
+
     public static function baseUrl(): string
     {
         $domain = (string) config('link.public_domain', 'ladl.link');
@@ -23,4 +28,33 @@ final class LadillLink
     {
         return self::url($slug).'/'.ltrim($suffix, '/');
     }
+
+    public static function isInternalRequest(Request $request): bool
+    {
+        return $request->header(self::INTERNAL_HEADER) === '1';
+    }
+
+    public static function legacyRedirect(Request $request): RedirectResponse
+    {
+        $shortCode = $request->route('shortCode');
+        if (! is_string($shortCode) || $shortCode === '') {
+            abort(404);
+        }
+
+        $path = ltrim($request->path(), '/');
+        $prefix = 'q/'.$shortCode;
+        $suffix = '';
+        if ($path !== $prefix && str_starts_with($path, $prefix.'/')) {
+            $suffix = substr($path, strlen($prefix) + 1);
+        }
+
+        $target = $suffix === '' ? self::url($shortCode) : self::path($shortCode, $suffix);
+        if ($qs = $request->getQueryString()) {
+            $target .= '?'.$qs;
+        }
+
+        $status = in_array($request->method(), ['GET', 'HEAD'], true) ? 301 : 307;
+
+        return redirect()->away($target, $status);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 2e2ca96..a32e4a0 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
         ]);
         $middleware->alias([
             'platform.session' => \App\Http\Middleware\EnsurePlatformSession::class,
+            'redirect.legacy.qr' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectLegacyQrToLadillLink::class,
         ]);
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions): void {
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 6ef10a8..2b28b6c 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Route::get('/sso/logout-frontchannel', [SsoLoginController::class, 'frontchannel
 Route::get('/sso/platform-signed-out', [SsoLoginController::class, 'platformSignedOut'])->name('sso.platform-signed-out');
 Route::get('/signed-out', fn () => auth()->check() ? redirect()->route('events.dashboard') : view('events.signed-out'))->name('events.signed-out');
 
+Route::middleware('redirect.legacy.qr')->group(function () {
 Route::get('/q/{shortCode}', [QrScanController::class, 'resolve'])->name('qr.public.resolve');
 Route::get('/q/{shortCode}/view', [QrScanController::class, 'view'])->name('qr.public.view');
 Route::get('/q/{shortCode}/event-logo', [QrScanController::class, 'eventLogo'])->name('qr.public.event.logo');
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ Route::get('/q/{shortCode}/itinerary-cover', [QrScanController::class, 'itinerar
 Route::post('/q/{shortCode}/register', [EventRegistrationController::class, 'register'])->name('qr.public.event.register');
 Route::get('/q/{shortCode}/register/callback', [EventRegistrationController::class, 'callback'])->name('qr.public.event.callback');
 Route::get('/q/{shortCode}/registered/{ref}', [EventRegistrationController::class, 'confirmed'])->name('qr.public.event.confirmed');
+});
 
 Route::middleware(['auth', 'platform.session'])->group(function () {
     Route::get('/wallet/balance', [WalletBalanceController::class, 'balance'])->name('wallet.balance');