diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 57578a8..6eb7234 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -686,6 +686,23 @@ async function handleApi(req,res,pathname){
     if(r.error)return json(res,401,{error:r.error});
     return json(res,200,{ok:true,id:r.id},{'Set-Cookie':messages.sessionCookie(r.token)});
   }
+  // Positions on the team root's own upline - i.e. everyone above us, up to and
+  // including the contract root. Fixed at registration, so cache indefinitely.
+  let _suiteUpCache=null, _suiteUpKey='';
+  async function suiteRootUpline(roots){
+    const key=roots.join(',');
+    if(_suiteUpCache&&_suiteUpKey===key)return _suiteUpCache;
+    const out=[];
+    for(const r of roots){
+      try{
+        const rd=await chain.memberPublic(r);
+        if(rd&&Array.isArray(rd.uplineChain))rd.uplineChain.forEach(x=>{const n=Number(x);if(n&&!out.includes(n))out.push(n);});
+      }catch(e){}
+    }
+    if(out.length){_suiteUpCache=out;_suiteUpKey=key;}
+    return out;
+  }
+
   // ── Circle Suite entitlement helper (shared by suite-me and the tools) ────
   async function suiteEntitlement(req){
     const s=messages.authFromCookie(req);
@@ -701,7 +718,14 @@ async function handleApi(req,res,pathname){
     const cfg=getConfig();
     const roots=String(cfg.teamRootId||cfg.orgRootId||'21').split(',').map(x=>Number(x.trim())).filter(Boolean);
     const chainIds=Array.isArray(d.uplineChain)?d.uplineChain.map(Number):[];
-    const inOrg=roots.some(r=>Number(d.id)===r||chainIds.includes(r));
+    // The org test only looks DOWNWARD: you are in if a root sits in your upline.
+    // The people ABOVE our root - the founders and contract owners, up through
+    // position #2 and the root account - can never pass that, yet the Suite is
+    // as much theirs as ours. Walk each root's own upline and entitle those
+    // positions too. Registration fixes a position's upline permanently, so this
+    // is computed once and memoised rather than hit on every request.
+    const upIds=await suiteRootUpline(roots);
+    const inOrg=roots.some(r=>Number(d.id)===r||chainIds.includes(r))||upIds.includes(Number(d.id));
     const allow=String(cfg.suiteAllowlist||'').split(',').map(x=>Number(x.trim())).filter(Boolean);
     const beta=allow.length>0;
     const allowed=!beta||allow.includes(Number(d.id));