diff --git a/memento-note/lib/i18n/detect-user-language.ts b/memento-note/lib/i18n/detect-user-language.ts
index 229ecea..fa93cb3 100644
--- a/memento-note/lib/i18n/detect-user-language.ts
+++ b/memento-note/lib/i18n/detect-user-language.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
  * 1. Most common language among user's notes (DB GROUP BY)
  * 2. Browser language hint (passed from server component via Accept-Language)
  * 3. Default: 'en'
+ *
+ * SERVER ONLY — uses next/headers and Prisma. Never import from client components.
  */
+import 'server-only'
 
 import { auth } from '@/auth'
 import { prisma } from '@/lib/prisma'
-import { unstable_cache, cookies } from 'next/cache'
+import { unstable_cache } from 'next/cache'
+import { cookies } from 'next/headers'
 import { SupportedLanguage } from './load-translations'
 
 const SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES = new Set(['en', 'fr', 'es', 'de', 'fa', 'it', 'pt', 'ru', 'zh', 'ja', 'ko', 'ar', 'hi', 'nl', 'pl'])
diff --git a/memento-note/lib/i18n/index.ts b/memento-note/lib/i18n/index.ts
index 00b3667..4564283 100644
--- a/memento-note/lib/i18n/index.ts
+++ b/memento-note/lib/i18n/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 /**
- * i18n exports
- * Centralized internationalization system with JSON-based translations
+ * i18n exports — client-safe barrel
+ * Centralized internationalization system with JSON-based translations.
+ *
+ * detectUserLanguage is intentionally NOT re-exported here because it depends
+ * on next/headers (server-only). Import it directly:
+ *   import { detectUserLanguage } from '@/lib/i18n/detect-user-language'
  */
 
 export { LanguageProvider, useLanguage } from './LanguageProvider'
-export { detectUserLanguage } from './detect-user-language'
 export { loadTranslations, getTranslationValue, type SupportedLanguage, type Translations } from './load-translations'