diff --git a/db/kysely.cts b/db/kysely.cts
index 2a548dc..3146b32 100644
--- a/db/kysely.cts
+++ b/db/kysely.cts
@@ -27,8 +27,19 @@ export interface CategoriesTable {
   updated_at: string;
 }
 
+export interface CategoryGroupsTable {
+  id: number;
+  user_id: number;
+  name: string;
+  sort_order: number;
+  is_seeded: number;
+  created_at: string;
+  updated_at: string;
+}
+
 export interface Database {
   categories: CategoriesTable;
+  category_groups: CategoryGroupsTable;
 }
 
 // Build-only Kysely instance. The dialect supplies the SQLite compiler; its driver
diff --git a/routes/categories.cts b/routes/categories.cts
index b50fd21..7613ab9 100644
--- a/routes/categories.cts
+++ b/routes/categories.cts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const { ValidationError, NotFoundError, ConflictError } = require('../utils/apiE
 const router = express.Router();
 const { getDb, ensureUserDefaultCategories } = require('../db/database.cts');
 const { accountingActiveSql } = require('../services/paymentAccountingService.cts');
+const { kysely, all } = require('../db/kysely.cts');
+const { sql } = require('kysely');
 
 // Maps a SQLite UNIQUE-constraint violation to a friendly 409; re-throws anything
 // else so the terminal handler returns a safe 500.
@@ -198,19 +200,16 @@ router.put('/:id', (req: Req, res: Res) => {
 
 // ── Category groups ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-// GET /api/category-groups
+// GET /api/category-groups — typed via Kysely (built, then run synchronously).
 router.get('/groups', (req: Req, res: Res) => {
-  const db = getDb();
-  const groups = db
-    .prepare(
-      `
-    SELECT id, name, sort_order, created_at, updated_at
-    FROM category_groups
-    WHERE user_id = ?
-    ORDER BY sort_order ASC, name COLLATE NOCASE ASC
-  `,
-    )
-    .all(req.user.id);
+  const groups = all(
+    kysely()
+      .selectFrom('category_groups')
+      .select(['id', 'name', 'sort_order', 'created_at', 'updated_at'])
+      .where('user_id', '=', req.user.id)
+      .orderBy('sort_order', 'asc')
+      .orderBy(sql`name collate nocase`, 'asc'),
+  );
   res.json(groups);
 });