diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 562980b00..a2c0e9b67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.1.12"
 dependencies = [
  "async_timing_util",
  "clap",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 161a3d488..4fe354b0f 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "monitor_cli"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.1.12"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MoghTech"]
 description = "monitor cli | tools to setup monitor system"
diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index de07ef0cd..9f4858cc9 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ pub fn start_core(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
         .parse::<RestartMode>()
         .expect("invalid restart mode");
 
+    let add_host = sub_matches
+        .get_one::<bool>("add-internal-host")
+        .map(|p| *p)
+        .unwrap_or(true);
+
     println!(
         "\n===================\n    {}    \n===================\n",
         "core config".bold()
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ pub fn start_core(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
     println!("{}: {port}", "port".dimmed());
     println!("{}: {network}", "network".dimmed());
     println!("{}: {restart}", "restart".dimmed());
+    println!("{}: {add_host}", "add internal host".dimmed());
 
     if !skip_enter {
         println!(
@@ -252,7 +258,13 @@ pub fn start_core(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
 
     let _ = run_command_pipe_to_terminal(&format!("docker stop {name} && docker container rm {name}"));
 
-    let command = format!("docker run -d --name {name} -p {port}:9000 --network {network} -v {config_path}:/config/config.toml --restart {restart} --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway {CORE_IMAGE_NAME}");
+    let add_host = if add_host {
+        " --add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    } else {
+        ""
+    };
+
+    let command = format!("docker run -d --name {name} -p {port}:9000 --network {network} -v {config_path}:/config/config.toml --restart {restart}{add_host} {CORE_IMAGE_NAME}");
 
     let output = run_command_pipe_to_terminal(&command);
 
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index dd52ec796..201cb53d0 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ fn cli() -> Command {
                         .arg(
                             arg!(--restart <RESTART> "sets docker restart mode of monitor core container. default is unless-stopped")
                         )
+                        .arg(
+                            arg!(--add-internal-host "adds the docker flag '--add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway'. default is true")
+                        )
                 ),
         )
         .subcommand(