diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index 9e89679..e760e81 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ export const config = {
      * - _next/static (static files)
      * - _next/image (image optimization files)
      * - favicon.ico (favicon file)
+     * - any path containing a dot (public assets like /images/*.jpg, /robots.txt, /sitemap.xml, etc.)
      */
-    "/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico).*)",
+    "/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|.*\\..*).*)",
   ],
 };