diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index e158e28..a782290 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -526,3 +526,25 @@ def api_sql_query():
         
     result = run_sql_query(container, query)
     return jsonify(result)
+
+# API endpoint for shell commands
+@app.post("/api/terminal/exec")
+@login_required
+def api_terminal_exec():
+    data = request.json
+    command = data.get("command")
+    
+    if not command:
+        return jsonify({"error": "No command provided"}), 400
+        
+    try:
+        # Use shell execution via sh()
+        # sh() uses subprocess.check_output with shell=False by default (list of strings)
+        # However, to support pipe/redirection for the user, we should allow shell=True-like behavior
+        # Let's wrap it in ['sh', '-c', command]
+        output = sh(["sh", "-c", command])
+        return jsonify({"output": output, "status": "success"})
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return jsonify({"output": e.output or str(e), "error": True, "status": "error"})
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({"output": str(e), "error": True, "status": "error"})
diff --git a/templates/admin.html b/templates/admin.html
index e537709..e8dc5d5 100644
--- a/templates/admin.html
+++ b/templates/admin.html
@@ -591,6 +591,33 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </section>
+
+        <!-- Root Terminal -->
+        <section id="root-terminal" class="station" data-label="[ STATION: ROOT_TERMINAL ]">
+            <div class="station-header">
+                <h2>Server Shell Access</h2>
+                <a href="#top" class="back-to-top">[^ BACK_TO_TOP]</a>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="panel terminal-box" style="margin-top: 0; border-color: #ff555566;">
+                <div class="terminal-header" style="border-bottom-color: #ff555566;">
+                    <div class="terminal-label" style="color: #ff5555;">ROOT@DOKKU:~$</div>
+                    <button class="copy-btn" onclick="copyLogs('terminal-output')"
+                        style="border-color: #ff555566; color: #ff5555;">COPY BUFFER</button>
+                </div>
+                <div id="terminal-output" class="terminal-body"
+                    style="height: 400px; font-size: 13px; background: #000;">
+                    <div class="log-line log-info">Dokku Terminal initialized. Ready for commands.</div>
+                </div>
+                <div style="display: flex; background: #000; padding: 10px; border-top: 1px solid #ff555566;">
+                    <span style="color: #00ff88; font-weight: 700; margin-right: 10px;">$</span>
+                    <input type="text" id="terminal-input" placeholder="Enter command..." spellcheck="false"
+                        autocomplete="off"
+                        style="background: transparent; color: #c9d1d9; border: none; outline: none; flex: 1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px;"
+                        onkeydown="if(event.key === 'Enter') runCommand()">
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </section>
     </div>
 
     <script>
@@ -598,7 +625,7 @@
             const el = document.getElementById(id);
             const text = el.innerText;
             navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(() => {
-                const btn = event.target;
+                const btn = event.currentTarget || event.target;
                 const orig = btn.innerText;
                 btn.innerText = 'COPIED';
                 setTimeout(() => { btn.innerText = orig; }, 2000);
@@ -675,6 +702,47 @@
             }
         }
 
+        async function runCommand() {
+            const input = document.getElementById('terminal-input');
+            const output = document.getElementById('terminal-output');
+            const command = input.value.trim();
+
+            if (!command) return;
+
+            // Add command to terminal
+            const cmdLine = document.createElement('div');
+            cmdLine.className = 'log-line';
+            cmdLine.innerHTML = `<span style="color: #00ff88;">$ ${command}</span>`;
+            output.appendChild(cmdLine);
+
+            input.value = '';
+            output.scrollTop = output.scrollHeight;
+
+            try {
+                const response = await fetch('/api/terminal/exec', {
+                    method: 'POST',
+                    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                    body: JSON.stringify({ command })
+                });
+
+                const result = await response.json();
+
+                const resultLine = document.createElement('div');
+                resultLine.className = result.error ? 'log-line log-error' : 'log-line';
+                resultLine.style.whiteSpace = 'pre-wrap';
+                resultLine.innerText = result.output;
+                output.appendChild(resultLine);
+
+                output.scrollTop = output.scrollHeight;
+            } catch (err) {
+                const errLine = document.createElement('div');
+                errLine.className = 'log-line log-error';
+                errLine.innerText = `FATAL ERROR: ${err.message}`;
+                output.appendChild(errLine);
+                output.scrollTop = output.scrollHeight;
+            }
+        }
+
         // Auto-scroll logic
         document.querySelectorAll('.terminal-body').forEach(el => {
             el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;