diff --git a/docker/tinode/entrypoint.sh b/docker/tinode/entrypoint.sh
index c2d98a0..5f59388 100644
--- a/docker/tinode/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/tinode/entrypoint.sh
@@ -188,11 +188,12 @@ fi
 
 args=("--config=${CONFIG}" "--static_data=$STATIC_DIR" "--cluster_self=$CLUSTER_SELF" "--pprof_url=$PPROF_URL")
 
-# Run the tinode server. Mirror the captured stderr to container logs on exit so
-# CrashLoopBackOff pods expose the actual startup failure via kubectl logs.
-./tinode "${args[@]}" 2>> /var/log/tinode.log
-status=$?
-if [ "$status" -ne 0 ] && [ -s /var/log/tinode.log ]; then
-	tail -200 /var/log/tinode.log >&2
-fi
-exit "$status"
+# Run the tinode server, mirroring output to both stdout (so kubectl logs/Promtail's
+# standard container-log collection actually sees it -- confirmed live that the old
+# file-only redirect meant Loki never received a single real tinode log line, only
+# this script's own earlier init-db output) and the log file (kept for exec-based
+# inspection, e.g. `kubectl exec ... -- cat /var/log/tinode.log`). PIPESTATUS[0] is
+# required here: with output piped through tee, a bare $? would report tee's exit
+# status (almost always 0) instead of tinode's.
+./tinode "${args[@]}" 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/tinode.log
+exit "${PIPESTATUS[0]}"