diff --git a/web/console/app/layout.tsx b/web/console/app/layout.tsx
index 9523545..143d2cb 100644
--- a/web/console/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/web/console/app/layout.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
 export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   return (
     <html lang="en">
-      <body>
+      <head>
         <GoogleAnalytics />
-        {children}
-      </body>
+      </head>
+      <body>{children}</body>
     </html>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/console/components/GoogleAnalytics.tsx b/web/console/components/GoogleAnalytics.tsx
index ae0ec8e..4bf2e09 100644
--- a/web/console/components/GoogleAnalytics.tsx
+++ b/web/console/components/GoogleAnalytics.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import Script from "next/script";
-
 /**
  * GA4 loader. Measurement ID is baked in at build time via
  * NEXT_PUBLIC_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID (Next inlines public env on `next build`).
+ *
+ * Rendered as plain <script> tags in <head> so Google's tag detector (and
+ * other non-JS crawlers) see the snippet in the initial HTML. next/script
+ * afterInteractive only injects post-hydration, which fails GA "Retest".
  */
 export function GoogleAnalytics() {
   const measurementId = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GA_MEASUREMENT_ID?.trim();
@@ -11,15 +13,16 @@ export function GoogleAnalytics() {
   }
   return (
     <>
-      <Script src={`https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=${measurementId}`} strategy="afterInteractive" />
-      <Script id="google-analytics" strategy="afterInteractive">
-        {`
-          window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
-          function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
-          gtag('js', new Date());
-          gtag('config', '${measurementId}');
-        `}
-      </Script>
+      <script async src={`https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=${measurementId}`} />
+      <script
+        id="google-analytics"
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+          __html: `window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
+function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+gtag('js', new Date());
+gtag('config', '${measurementId}');`
+        }}
+      />
     </>
   );
 }