diff --git a/Plugin/varaverk.plg b/Plugin/varaverk.plg
index 0db8c0a..a8fa99c 100644
--- a/Plugin/varaverk.plg
+++ b/Plugin/varaverk.plg
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ echo "[Varaverk] web dir symlinked → $SRC"
   varaverk-*.txz etc. are already there). Never auto-pulls — updates via the UI git pull.
 
   Clone source priority:
-    1. Gitea (internal) — reads settings from varaverk.cfg; detects container IP at runtime
-    2. GitHub (public)  — HTTPS fallback if Gitea is unreachable
+    1. Gitea (local container, then Tailscale peer probe) — reads settings from varaverk.cfg
+    2. Gitea (GITEA_DOMAIN) — public domain fallback if local/Tailscale lookup fails
+    3. GitHub (public)  — HTTPS fallback if Gitea is unreachable by any path
   ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 -->
 <FILE Run="/bin/bash" Method="install">
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ SCRIPTS_DIR="/boot/config/plugins/varaverk"
 GITEA_CONTAINER="Gitea"
 GITEA_REPO_PATH="FailedProxy/Varaverk.git"
 GITEA_SSH_KEY="/root/.ssh/unraid_gitea"
+GITEA_DOMAIN=""
 SSH_PORT="221"
 CFGEOF
     log "seeded varaverk.cfg"
@@ -125,13 +127,14 @@ _read_cfg() { grep -oP "(?<=^${1}=\")[^\"]*" "$CFG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "${
 GITEA_CONTAINER=$(_read_cfg GITEA_CONTAINER "Gitea")
 GITEA_REPO_PATH=$(_read_cfg GITEA_REPO_PATH "FailedProxy/Varaverk.git")
 GITEA_SSH_KEY=$(_read_cfg   GITEA_SSH_KEY   "/root/.ssh/unraid_gitea")
+GITEA_DOMAIN=$(_read_cfg    GITEA_DOMAIN    "")
 SSH_PORT=$(_read_cfg        SSH_PORT        "221")
 
 # Clone on first install only; never auto-pull (updates via the UI git pull).
 if [[ ! -d "$SCRIPTS_DIR/.git" ]]; then
     log "initialising repo in $SCRIPTS_DIR ($BRANCH)..."
 
-    # Locate Gitea: local container → local IP; else Tailscale; else fall back to GitHub.
+    # Locate Gitea: local container → Tailscale → GITEA_DOMAIN → GitHub.
     GITEA_IP=""
     if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
        docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "^${GITEA_CONTAINER}$"; then
@@ -153,6 +156,11 @@ if [[ ! -d "$SCRIPTS_DIR/.git" ]]; then
                   if v.get('TailscaleIPs')]" 2>/dev/null)
     fi
 
+    if [[ -z "$GITEA_IP" && -n "$GITEA_DOMAIN" ]]; then
+        log "local/Tailscale lookup failed — falling back to domain: $GITEA_DOMAIN"
+        GITEA_IP="$GITEA_DOMAIN"
+    fi
+
     # init-in-place — git clone would fail because the dir already has files.
     git -C "$SCRIPTS_DIR" init >> "$LOG" 2>&1