diff --git a/ansible-playbook.yml b/ansible-playbook.yml
index fea00f7..0165ea7 100755
--- a/ansible-playbook.yml
+++ b/ansible-playbook.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         dest: /etc/modules-load.d/wg-easy.conf
         content: |
           wireguard
+          nft_masq
         mode: '0644'
 
     - name: Enable IP forwarding on host
@@ -146,17 +147,18 @@
       #   - 7359:7359/udp #optional
       #   - 1900:1900/udp #optional
 
-    # WireGuard Easy VPN — deployed on npm_internal behind NPM
-    # After first deploy, you MUST add NAT hooks in the wg-easy UI:
-    #   1. Open http://10.10.0.36:51821 in a browser
-    #   2. Log in with the username/password from vars.yml
-    #   3. Go to the "Hooks" tab
-    #   4. PostUp — paste this EXACTLY:
-    #      nft add table inet wg_table; nft add chain inet wg_table prerouting { type nat hook prerouting priority 100 \; }; nft add chain inet wg_table postrouting { type nat hook postrouting priority 100 \; }; nft add rule inet wg_table postrouting ip saddr {{ipv4Cidr}} oifname {{device}} masquerade; nft add rule inet wg_table postrouting ip6 saddr {{ipv6Cidr}} oifname {{device}} masquerade; nft add chain inet wg_table input { type filter hook input priority 0 \; policy accept \; }; nft add rule inet wg_table input udp dport {{port}} accept; nft add rule inet wg_table input tcp dport {{uiPort}} accept; nft add chain inet wg_table forward { type filter hook forward priority 0 \; policy accept \; }; nft add rule inet wg_table forward iifname "wg0" accept; nft add rule inet wg_table forward oifname "wg0" accept;
-    #   5. PostDown — paste this EXACTLY:
-    #      nft delete table inet wg_table
-    #   6. Click Save and restart the container
-    # These hooks enable VPN clients to reach your app containers (10.10.0.0/24)
+    # WireGuard Easy VPN (v15) — UI at 10.10.0.36:51821 on npm_internal, fronted by NPM
+    # (vpn.boxswapper.io -> http://10.10.0.36:51821). Login: admin / wireguard_ui_password from vars.yml.
+    # v15 init is ONE-TIME: the INIT_* envs below are consumed only when /etc/wireguard/wg-easy.db is ABSENT.
+    #   Force a re-init (wipes clients + server keys): podman rm -f wg-easy && rm -rf /opt/apps/wireguard, then re-run.
+    # NAT from VPN clients to LAN/apps (10.10.1.0/24 -> 10.10.0.0/24) uses NFTABLES hooks —
+    #   wg-easy's iptables-legacy hooks cannot init the nat table inside a podman netns
+    #   ("Table does not exist"), which makes wg-quick up fail and every client API call
+    #   500 with "Unable to access interface". scripts/patch-wg-hooks.py rewrites the hooks
+    #   to nft rules and the tasks below restart wg-easy to apply them. See the official
+    #   wg-easy "Podman + nftables" tutorial.
+    # EXTERNAL ACCESS: router MUST forward UDP 51820 -> 192.168.0.98. Test from LTE,
+    #   not your LAN — NAT hairpin breaks public-IP handshakes from inside the network.
     - name: Deploy WireGuard Easy (wg-easy)
       containers.podman.podman_container:
         name: wg-easy
@@ -190,10 +192,37 @@
         sysctl:
           net.ipv4.ip_forward: "1"
           net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark: "1"
+          net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6: "0"
+          net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding: "1"
+          net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding: "1"
         network:
           - npm_internal
         ip: '{{ wireguard_ip }}'
 
+    - name: Copy wg-easy hook repair script
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: ./scripts/patch-wg-hooks.py
+        dest: /opt/apps/wireguard/patch-wg-hooks.py
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: '0755'
+
+    - name: Replace iptables hooks with nftables (iptables-legacy broken in podman)
+      ansible.builtin.command: python3 /opt/apps/wireguard/patch-wg-hooks.py
+      register: wg_hooks_patch
+      changed_when: "'patched hooks' in wg_hooks_patch.stdout"
+
+    - name: Restart wg-easy to apply nft hooks
+      ansible.builtin.command: podman restart wg-easy
+      when: "'patched hooks' in wg_hooks_patch.stdout"
+
+    - name: Wait for WireGuard Easy web UI
+      ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+        host: '{{ wireguard_ip }}'
+        port: '{{ wireguard_ui_port }}'
+        delay: 5
+        timeout: 120
+
     # Wazuh SIEM (single-node: indexer + manager + dashboard) on npm_internal
     # Dashboard is NOT exposed on host ports — NPM proxies wazuh.boxswapper.io to https://10.10.0.40:5601
     # DNS record must be grey-cloud (Cloudflare 523 lesson from vpn.boxswapper.io), cert via NPM
diff --git a/scripts/patch-wg-hooks.py b/scripts/patch-wg-hooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef3c14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/patch-wg-hooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Replace wg-easy iptables hooks with nftables equivalents.
+
+wg-easy images ship iptables-legacy, which cannot initialize the `nat`/`filter`
+tables inside a podman container netns on nftables-only kernels (fc42). Every
+`wg-quick up wg0` then fails at the PostUp hook, so the wg0 interface is rolled
+back and ALL client API calls 500 with "Unable to access interface: No such device".
+
+The official wg-easy podman+nftables tutorial replaces the hooks with nft rules.
+This script rewrites hooks_table in /opt/apps/wireguard/wg-easy.db when the hooks
+still reference iptables. Run it with the wg-easy container stopped, then restart
+the container so wg0.conf is regenerated. Idempotent.
+"""
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+
+DB = "/opt/apps/wireguard/wg-easy.db"
+
+POSTUP = (
+    "nft add table inet wg_table;"
+    " nft add chain inet wg_table prerouting { type nat hook prerouting priority 100 \\; };"
+    " nft add chain inet wg_table postrouting { type nat hook postrouting priority 100 \\; };"
+    " nft add rule inet wg_table postrouting ip saddr {{ipv4Cidr}} oifname {{device}} masquerade;"
+    " nft add rule inet wg_table postrouting ip6 saddr {{ipv6Cidr}} oifname {{device}} masquerade;"
+    " nft add chain inet wg_table input { type filter hook input priority 0 \\; policy accept \\; };"
+    " nft add rule inet wg_table input udp dport {{port}} accept;"
+    " nft add rule inet wg_table input tcp dport {{uiPort}} accept;"
+    " nft add chain inet wg_table forward { type filter hook forward priority 0 \\; policy accept \\; };"
+    ' nft add rule inet wg_table forward iifname "wg0" accept;'
+    ' nft add rule inet wg_table forward oifname "wg0" accept;'
+)
+POSTDOWN = "nft delete table inet wg_table"
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    con = sqlite3.connect(DB)
+    try:
+        rows = con.execute("SELECT id, post_up, post_down FROM hooks_table").fetchall()
+        changed = 0
+        for name, post_up, post_down in rows:
+            post_up = post_up or ""
+            post_down = post_down or ""
+            if "iptables" in post_up or "iptables" in post_down:
+                con.execute(
+                    "UPDATE hooks_table SET post_up=?, post_down=?, updated_at=CURRENT_TIMESTAMP WHERE id=?",
+                    (POSTUP, POSTDOWN, name),
+                )
+                print(f"patched hooks for {name!r}")
+                changed += 1
+            else:
+                print(f"hooks ok for {name!r}")
+        con.commit()
+    finally:
+        con.close()
+    print(f"changed={changed}")
+    return 0 if changed >= 0 else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars.yml b/vars.yml
index 7c96186..99e37d0 100755
--- a/vars.yml
+++ b/vars.yml
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ POSTGRES_DB: thatoneit
 ## IMPORTANT: After first run, change wireguard_ui_password to a strong password
 ## Public IP or DDNS hostname clients connect to — CHANGE THIS before deploying
 wireguard_image: ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:15
-wireguard_host: CHANGE_ME
+wireguard_host: vpn.boxswapper.io
 wireguard_ui_username: admin
-wireguard_ui_password: CHANGE_ME
+wireguard_ui_password: T3l0penF@5tback
 wireguard_port: 51820
 wireguard_ui_port: 51821
 wireguard_cidr: 10.10.1.0/24