diff --git a/.changeset/happy-poets-wait.md b/.changeset/happy-poets-wait.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..120216c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-poets-wait.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'pockethost': patch
+---
+
+update MOTHERSHIP_URL formatting to include subdomain and trim path segments
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/constants.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/constants.ts
index cd0e34a4..4c33f7c1 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/constants.ts
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ export const MOTHERSHIP_URL = (...path: string[]) =>
   [
     env
       .get('MOTHERSHIP_URL')
-      .default(`${HTTP_PROTOCOL()}://${MOTHERSHIP_NAME()}:${APEX_DOMAIN()}`)
+      .default(`${HTTP_PROTOCOL()}://${MOTHERSHIP_NAME()}.${APEX_DOMAIN()}`)
       .asString(),
-    path.join('/'),
+    ...path.map((p) => p.trim().replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '')),
   ]
     .filter(Boolean)
     .join('/')