diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/storages.py b/backend/btrixcloud/storages.py
index 34955b64a1..f3b496b1ec 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/storages.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/storages.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(self, org_ops, crawl_manager) -> None:
         self.crawl_manager = crawl_manager
 
         self.is_local_minio = is_bool(os.environ.get("IS_LOCAL_MINIO"))
+        self.host_from_k8s = os.environ.get("HOST_FROM_K8S")
 
         with open(os.environ["STORAGES_JSON"], encoding="utf-8") as fh:
             storage_list = json.loads(fh.read())
@@ -597,7 +598,8 @@ def organize_based_on_instance_number(
             for wacz_file in instance_list:
                 wacz_url = wacz_file.path
                 if wacz_url.startswith("/data"):
-                    wacz_url = f"http://host.docker.internal:30870{wacz_url}"
+                    wacz_url = f"{self.host_from_k8s}{wacz_url}"
+                print(f"WACZ URL: {wacz_url}", flush=True)
 
                 with RemoteZip(wacz_url) as remote_zip:
                     log_files: List[ZipInfo] = [
@@ -645,7 +647,8 @@ def stream_page_lines(
         for wacz_file in wacz_files:
             wacz_url = wacz_file.path
             if wacz_url.startswith("/data"):
-                wacz_url = f"http://host.docker.internal:30870{wacz_url}"
+                wacz_url = f"{self.host_from_k8s}{wacz_url}"
+            print(f"WACZ URL: {wacz_url}", flush=True)
 
             with RemoteZip(wacz_url) as remote_zip:
                 page_files: List[ZipInfo] = [
diff --git a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
index 570b1ccd8d..a512bc2008 100644
--- a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ metadata:
 data:
   APP_ORIGIN: {{ .Values.ingress.tls | ternary "https" "http" }}://{{ .Values.ingress.host | default "localhost:9870" }}
 
+  HOST_FROM_K8S: {{ .Values.host_from_k8s | default "http://host.docker.internal:30870" }}
+
   CRAWLER_NAMESPACE: {{ .Values.crawler_namespace }}
 
   DEFAULT_NAMESPACE: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
diff --git a/chart/test/microk8s-ci.yaml b/chart/test/microk8s-ci.yaml
index 23d95426aa..3a0bd62bc4 100644
--- a/chart/test/microk8s-ci.yaml
+++ b/chart/test/microk8s-ci.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ frontend_image: "localhost:32000/webrecorder/browsertrix-frontend:latest"
 backend_pull_policy: "IfNotPresent"
 frontend_pull_policy: "IfNotPresent"
 
+host_from_k8s: http://10.0.1.1:30870
+
 # for testing only
 crawler_extra_cpu_per_browser: 300m
 
diff --git a/chart/test/test.yaml b/chart/test/test.yaml
index 91af1846e2..fe41c7d50a 100644
--- a/chart/test/test.yaml
+++ b/chart/test/test.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ default_crawl_filename_template: "@ts-testing-@hostsuffix.wacz"
 
 operator_resync_seconds: 3
 
+host_from_k8s: http://host.k3d.internal:30870
+
 # for testing only
 crawler_extra_cpu_per_browser: 300m
 
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 92b5a9438d..08d764e198 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ frontend_memory: "64Mi"
 # if using ingress, this value is ignored
 local_service_port: 30870
 
+# Host address from within k8s
+# Default is for docker desktop
+# k3d: http://host.k3d.internal
+# microk8s: http://10.0.1.1
+# Port must match local_service_port
+host_from_k8s: http://host.docker.internal:30870
+
 
 # MongoDB Image
 # =========================================