diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index ba2e7dc..5dfbba9 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let rl_config = RateLimitConfig::default().max_requests(3).window_secs(10);
     let rl_store = std::sync::Arc::new(MemoryStore::new());
 
+    let port = std::env::var("PORT")
+        .map(|p| p.parse::<u16>().unwrap_or(8632))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| 8632);
+    let host = std::env::var("HOST").unwrap_or_else(|_| "0.0.0.0".to_string());
+
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(pg_pool.clone()))
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
             )
             .service(home)
     })
-    .bind(("0.0.0.0", 5173))?
+    .bind((host, port))?
     .run()
     .await
 }