diff --git a/API Server/internal/api/settings.go b/API Server/internal/api/settings.go
index ebe7469..fa2e8b1 100644
--- a/API Server/internal/api/settings.go	
+++ b/API Server/internal/api/settings.go	
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 // URL answers its health check and whether the service-account credentials
 // authenticate as a superuser.
 type pbProbe struct {
-	Reachable  bool   `json:"reachable"`
-	HTTPStatus int    `json:"httpStatus,omitempty"`
-	LatencyMs  int64  `json:"latencyMs,omitempty"`
-	Superuser  bool   `json:"superuser"`
-	Detail     string `json:"detail,omitempty"`
+	Reachable  bool     `json:"reachable"`
+	HTTPStatus int      `json:"httpStatus,omitempty"`
+	LatencyMs  *float64 `json:"latencyMs,omitempty"`
+	Superuser  bool     `json:"superuser"`
+	Detail     string   `json:"detail,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // pbConfigView is the PocketBase-connection shape returned to the panel. The
diff --git a/API Server/internal/api/status.go b/API Server/internal/api/status.go
index 01b5d49..177b21e 100644
--- a/API Server/internal/api/status.go	
+++ b/API Server/internal/api/status.go	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -11,10 +12,19 @@ import (
 // svcHealth is the health of one upstream service, as shown on the panel.
 type svcHealth struct {
 	Status     string `json:"status"` // "ok" | "down"
-	LatencyMs  int64  `json:"latencyMs,omitempty"`
 	HTTPStatus int    `json:"httpStatus,omitempty"`
 	URL        string `json:"url,omitempty"`
-	Error      string `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	// Fractional, and a pointer so an absent measurement (this process) stays
+	// distinguishable from a genuinely fast one: neighbours sharing a Docker
+	// network answer in well under a millisecond.
+	LatencyMs *float64 `json:"latencyMs,omitempty"`
+	Error     string   `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// latencyMs is elapsed time in milliseconds, kept to one decimal.
+func latencyMs(d time.Duration) *float64 {
+	ms := math.Round(float64(d.Microseconds())/100) / 10
+	return &ms
 }
 
 // healthClient is a short-timeout client for probing upstreams so a hung
@@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ func probe(ctx context.Context, url string) svcHealth {
 		return svcHealth{Status: "down", URL: url, Error: err.Error()}
 	}
 	resp, err := healthClient.Do(req)
-	lat := time.Since(start).Milliseconds()
+	lat := latencyMs(time.Since(start))
 	if err != nil {
 		return svcHealth{Status: "down", URL: url, LatencyMs: lat, Error: err.Error()}
 	}