diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1d9d1412..ebcbcc8f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ services:
       # The cost is not speed (~19ms on calls taking hundreds) — it is that
       # AI calls now depend on Caddy, public DNS and edge TLS being up.
       # To pin ped-ai to the container network instead, set it here.
+      # Pinned 2026-09-15 at the user's request: the proxy by container name,
+      # off the public hostname, which is being taken off the internet.
+      LITELLM_API_BASE: http://litellm-litellm-1:4000
       TTS_PROVIDER: litellm
       LITELLM_TTS_MODEL: local-kokoro-tts
       LITELLM_TTS_VOICE: sherpa/kokoro:am_adam