diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e320744..b81dc4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.4.1 (2021-10-31)
+
+### Bug fixes
+- Provide a way to specify the host URL in the QR code (don't know how I missed
+  this!)
+
 ## 0.4.0 (2021-09-21)
 
 ### New features
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d79bdb..24f8860 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,9 +35,17 @@ const (
 	staticDir  = "./public"
 	driver     = "sqlite3"
 	dataSource = "sqlite_db"
+	// This is only for generating the QR code from a URL since when it's
+	// running behind nginx, for example, it doesn't know what the outside
+	// facing hostname is unless we tell it. A real setup might look like:
+	// this program running on localhost:8090, but nginx accepts requests at
+	// https://file.com, in which case the below value would be https://file.com
+	publicHost = "https://goupfile.com"
 )
 ```
 
+These probably should be moved to environment variables.
+
 ### Proxying though nginx
 
 It's common to proxy requests through a server like nginx. This allows you to
diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 7a60da6..64f1df9 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func createURL(id, action string) string {
 
 func createQR(url string) []byte {
 	var png []byte
-	qr, err := qrcode.New(url, qrcode.Medium)
+	qr, err := qrcode.New(publicHost+url, qrcode.Medium)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Unable to create QR code: ", err)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f34f967..45354aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ const (
 	staticDir  = "./public"
 	driver     = "sqlite3"
 	dataSource = "sqlite_db"
+	// This is only for generating the QR code from a URL since when it's
+	// running behind nginx, for example, it doesn't know what the outside
+	// facing hostname is unless we tell it. A real setup might look like:
+	// this program running on localhost:8090, but nginx accepts requests at
+	// https://file.com, in which case the below value would be https://file.com
+	publicHost = "https://goupfile.com"
 )
 
 const schema = `