diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index b2130be4..d8e7b090 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
 
   MOTHERSHIP_URL: mkString(`https://pockethost-central.pockethost.io`),
   MOTHERSHIP_NAME: mkString(`pockethost-central`),
+  MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_HOST: mkString(`localhost`),
   MOTHERSHIP_ADMIN_USERNAME: mkString(),
   MOTHERSHIP_ADMIN_PASSWORD: mkString(),
   MOTHERSHIP_MIGRATIONS_DIR: mkPath(
@@ -168,6 +169,8 @@ export const DAEMON_PB_PORT_BASE = () => settings().DAEMON_PB_PORT_BASE
 export const DAEMON_PB_IDLE_TTL = () => settings().DAEMON_PB_IDLE_TTL
 
 export const MOTHERSHIP_URL = () => settings().MOTHERSHIP_URL
+export const MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_HOST = () =>
+  settings().MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_HOST
 export const MOTHERSHIP_NAME = () => settings().MOTHERSHIP_NAME
 export const MOTHERSHIP_ADMIN_USERNAME = () =>
   settings().MOTHERSHIP_ADMIN_USERNAME
@@ -206,6 +209,8 @@ export const INSTANCE_APP_MIGRATIONS_DIR = () =>
  * Helpers
  */
 export const MOTHERSHIP_DATA_ROOT = () => INSTANCE_DATA_ROOT(MOTHERSHIP_NAME())
+export const MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_URL = () =>
+  `http://${MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_HOST()}:${MOTHERSHIP_PORT()}`
 export const INSTANCE_DATA_ROOT = (id: InstanceId) => join(DATA_ROOT(), id)
 export const INSTANCE_DATA_DB = (id: InstanceId) =>
   join(DATA_ROOT(), id, `pb_data`, `data.db`)
diff --git a/src/services/FtpService/index.ts b/src/services/FtpService/index.ts
index f01eef60..f782627f 100644
--- a/src/services/FtpService/index.ts
+++ b/src/services/FtpService/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-  MOTHERSHIP_URL,
+  MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_URL,
   PH_FTP_PASV_IP,
   PH_FTP_PASV_PORT_MAX,
   PH_FTP_PASV_PORT_MIN,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const ftpService = mkSingleton((config: FtpConfig) => {
   ftpServer.on(
     'login',
     async ({ connection, username, password }, resolve, reject) => {
-      const client = new pocketbaseEs(MOTHERSHIP_URL())
+      const client = new pocketbaseEs(MOTHERSHIP_INTERNAL_URL())
       try {
         await client.collection('users').authWithPassword(username, password)
         dbg(`Logged in`)