diff --git a/paymentproxy/proxy.go b/paymentproxy/proxy.go
index 00c4626590..68e306c74e 100644
--- a/paymentproxy/proxy.go
+++ b/paymentproxy/proxy.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ func NewPaymentProxy(proxyAddress string, nitroEndpoint string, destinationURL s
 // It is responsible for parsing the voucher from the query params and moving it to the request header
 // It then delegates to the reverse proxy to handle rewriting the request and sending it to the destination
 func (p *PaymentProxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	enableCors(w.Header())
 	// If the request is a health check, return a 200 OK
 	if r.URL.Path == "/health" {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func (p *PaymentProxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	if r.Method == "OPTIONS" {
 		slog.Info("Handling preflight request")
-		enableCors(w.Header())
+
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		return