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 | `ENABLE_IPV6`               | No        | `false`                   | Setting to _any_ non-blank value will enable IPv6                                                                               |
 | `JOURNAL_MODE`              | No        | `wal`                     | Set to `delete` if your config directory is stored on a network share (not recommended)                                         |
 | `TZ_DATA_DIR`               | No        | `/etc/elixir_tzdata_data` | The container path where the timezone database is stored                                                                        |
-| `BASE_ROUTE_PATH`           | No        | `/`                       | The base path for route generation. Useful when running behind certain reverse proxies                                          |
+| `BASE_ROUTE_PATH`           | No        | `/`                       | The base path for route generation. Useful when running behind certain reverse proxies, but prefix must be stripped.            |
 | `YT_DLP_WORKER_CONCURRENCY` | No        | `2`                       | The number of concurrent workers that use `yt-dlp` _per queue_. Set to 1 if you're getting IP limited, otherwise don't touch it |
 
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