diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8966f350..b8aef8b0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ docker compose up -d
 
 Open **http://localhost:8086**. That's it.
 
+If you want to access the server remotely set the OXICLOUD_BASE_URL to your server's domain/port or the authentication will fail after setting up the admin user.
+
 ### From source
 
 Requires **Rust 1.93+** and **PostgreSQL 13+**.
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 80e10b9e..48a9249a 100755
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ OXICLOUD_SERVER_HOST=127.0.0.1
 
 # Public base URL for generating share links and external URLs
 # If not set, defaults to http://{OXICLOUD_SERVER_HOST}:{OXICLOUD_SERVER_PORT}
+# Authentication fails if this is not set and you access the host remotely via a domain
 # Example: https://cloud.example.com
 #OXICLOUD_BASE_URL=https://cloud.example.com
 
@@ -189,4 +190,4 @@ MIMALLOC_PURGE_DELAY=0
 #   1 = enabled (better TLB performance on bare-metal servers with plenty of RAM)
 # When enabled with Linux Transparent Huge Pages (THP), partially-used 2 MiB
 # pages inflate the reported RSS by up to 20-30 MiB.
-MIMALLOC_ALLOW_LARGE_OS_PAGES=0
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+MIMALLOC_ALLOW_LARGE_OS_PAGES=0