diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7a541c15037..010fb135726 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "50290:8080"
     environment:
-      OPENVERSE_NGINX_UPSTREAM_URL: ${HOST_NETWORK_ADDRESS}:8443
+      OPENVERSE_NGINX_UPSTREAM_URL: ${HOST_NETWORK_ADDRESS:-172.17.0.1}:8443
       OPENVERSE_NGINX_PLAUSIBLE_EVENT_URL: http://plausible:8000/api/event
       # Set to Docker network resolver to be able to resolve the `plausible` container.
       # This would be the default but Nginx requires it to be explicitly set when
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index cf1da5c2a2e..826666043bb 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ PROD_ENV := env_var_or_default("PROD_ENV", "")
 IS_CI := env_var_or_default("CI", "")
 DC_USER := env_var_or_default("DC_USER", "opener")
 
-export HOST_NETWORK_ADDRESS := if os() == "macos" { "host.docker.internal" } else { "172.17.0.1" }
-
 # Show all available recipes, also recurses inside nested justfiles
 @_default:
     just --list --unsorted
@@ -128,6 +126,8 @@ export INGESTION_PY_VERSION := `just ingestion_server/py-version`
 export FRONTEND_NODE_VERSION := `just frontend/node-version`
 export FRONTEND_PNPM_VERSION := `just frontend/pnpm-version`
 
+export HOST_NETWORK_ADDRESS := if os() == "macos" { "host.docker.internal" } else { "172.17.0.1" }
+
 versions:
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     cat <<EOF