diff --git a/scripts/preinstall.js b/scripts/preinstall.js
index c30c1f4..4bd6480 100644
--- a/scripts/preinstall.js
+++ b/scripts/preinstall.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const env = {
 	ENCRYPTION_KEY: randomBytes(24).toString('hex'),
 	HTTP_EXTERNAL: 'http://127.0.0.1:8169',
 	HTTP_HOST: '0.0.0.0',
+	HTTP_INTERNAL: '',
 	HTTP_PORT: 8169,
 	HTTP_TRUST_PROXY: false,
 	NODE_ENV: 'production', // not bot-specific
@@ -37,4 +38,4 @@ if (!process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY && !fs.existsSync('./.env')) {
 	log(short('&r&0&!e WARNING &r &e&lkeep your environment variables safe, don\'t lose your encryption key or you will lose data'));
 } else {
 	log('nothing to do');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/http.js b/src/http.js
index af0911a..82cb214 100644
--- a/src/http.js
+++ b/src/http.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const { join } = require('path');
 const { files } = require('node-dir');
 const { PermissionsBitField } = require('discord.js');
 
-process.env.ORIGIN = process.env.HTTP_EXTERNAL;
+process.env.ORIGIN = process.env.HTTP_INTERNAL || process.env.HTTP_EXTERNAL;
 
 module.exports = async client => {
 	// oauth2 plugin