diff --git a/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh b/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
index 216630532a5..50385e75868 100644
--- a/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/Containers/nextcloud/entrypoint.sh
@@ -592,12 +592,17 @@ if [ -n "$ADDITIONAL_TRUSTED_PROXY" ]; then
     php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set trusted_proxies 2 --value="$ADDITIONAL_TRUSTED_PROXY"
 fi
 
-# Get ipv4-address of Nextcloud 
-IPv4_ADDRESS="$(dig nextcloud-aio-nextcloud A +short +search | head -1)" 
+# Get ipv4-address of Nextcloud
+if [ -z "$NEXTCLOUD_HOST" ]; then
+    export NEXTCLOUD_HOST="nextcloud-aio-nextcloud"
+fi
+IPv4_ADDRESS="$(dig "$NEXTCLOUD_HOST" A +short +search | head -1)" 
 # Bring it in CIDR notation 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2001
 IPv4_ADDRESS="$(echo "$IPv4_ADDRESS" | sed 's|[0-9]\+$|0/16|')" 
-php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set trusted_proxies 10 --value="$IPv4_ADDRESS"
+if [ -n "$IPv4_ADDRESS" ]; then
+    php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set trusted_proxies 10 --value="$IPv4_ADDRESS"
+fi
 
 if [ -n "$ADDITIONAL_TRUSTED_DOMAIN" ]; then
     php /var/www/html/occ config:system:set trusted_domains 2 --value="$ADDITIONAL_TRUSTED_DOMAIN"
diff --git a/php/containers.json b/php/containers.json
index b40a3f08f62..173f1ed26be 100644
--- a/php/containers.json
+++ b/php/containers.json
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "environment": [
+        "NEXTCLOUD_HOST=nextcloud-aio-nextcloud",
         "POSTGRES_HOST=nextcloud-aio-database",
         "POSTGRES_PORT=5432",
         "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=%DATABASE_PASSWORD%",