diff --git a/dankclaw/compose.yaml b/dankclaw/compose.yaml
index 46ac39f..048e757 100644
--- a/dankclaw/compose.yaml
+++ b/dankclaw/compose.yaml
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ services:
       HERMES_DATA_DIR: /data
       # Point hermes's config/.env at the mounted data dir (persistent).
       HERMES_HOME: /data
-      # Signal adapter -> the host signal-cli daemon. The container reaches the
-      # host via podman's host alias; 127.0.0.1 inside the container is not the host.
-      SIGNAL_HTTP_URL: "http://host.containers.internal:8080"
+      # Signal adapter -> the host signal-cli daemon. The slirp host alias
+      # (host.containers.internal) can drop at runtime; the host LAN IP is the
+      # stable container->host path. 127.0.0.1 inside the container is not the host.
+      SIGNAL_HTTP_URL: "http://192.168.0.143:8080"
       SIGNAL_ACCOUNT: "${SIGNAL_ACCOUNT}"
       SIGNAL_ALLOWED_USERS: "${SIGNAL_ALLOWED_USERS}"
     ports: