diff --git a/install/bichon-install.sh b/install/bichon-install.sh
index 01f802880..9feee90e7 100644
--- a/install/bichon-install.sh
+++ b/install/bichon-install.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ update_os
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "bichon" "rustmailer/bichon" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/bichon" "bichon-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
 
+read -r -p "Enter the public URL for Bichon (e.g., https://bichon.yourdomain.com) or leave empty to use container IP: " bichon_url
+if [[ -z "$bichon_url" ]]; then
+  msg_info "No URL provided"
+  BICHON_PUBLIC_URL="http://$LOCAL_IP:15630"
+  msg_ok "using local IP: http://$LOCAL_IP:15630\n"
+else
+  BICHON_PUBLIC_URL="$bichon_url"
+  msg_info "URL provided"
+  msg_ok "Using provided URL: $BICHON_PUBLIC_URL\n"
+fi
+
 msg_info "Setting up Bichon"
 mkdir -p /opt/bichon-data
 BICHON_ENC_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d "=+/" | cut -c1-32)
@@ -23,8 +34,8 @@ cat <<EOF >/opt/bichon/bichon.env
 BICHON_ROOT_DIR=/opt/bichon-data
 BICHON_LOG_LEVEL=info
 BICHON_ENCRYPT_PASSWORD=$BICHON_ENC_PASSWORD
-BICHON_PUBLIC_URL=http://${LOCAL_IP}:15630
-BICHON_CORS_ORIGINS=http://${LOCAL_IP}:15630
+BICHON_PUBLIC_URL=$BICHON_PUBLIC_URL
+BICHON_CORS_ORIGINS=$BICHON_PUBLIC_URL
 EOF
 msg_ok "Setup Bichon"