diff --git a/scripts/chat_web.py b/scripts/chat_web.py
index 4b67b62..7a2359c 100644
--- a/scripts/chat_web.py
+++ b/scripts/chat_web.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import random
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
-from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse, HTMLResponse, FileResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', type=int, default=8000, help='Port to run th
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--dtype', type=str, default='bfloat16', choices=['float32', 'bfloat16'])
 parser.add_argument('--device-type', type=str, default='', choices=['cuda', 'cpu', 'mps'], help='Device type for evaluation: cuda|cpu|mps. empty => autodetect')
 parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, default='0.0.0.0', help='Host to bind the server to')
+parser.add_argument('--root-path', type=str, default='', help='ASGI root path for proxy/gateway configurations')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Configure logging for conversation traffic
@@ -240,19 +241,21 @@ app.add_middleware(
 )
 
 @app.get("/")
-async def root():
-    """Serve the chat UI."""
+async def root(request: Request):
+    """Serve the chat UI, dynamically injecting the proxy path."""
     ui_html_path = os.path.join("nanochat", "ui.html")
     with open(ui_html_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         html_content = f.read()
-    # Replace the API_URL to use the same origin
+
+    # Get the prefix provided by the proxy/ASGI server.
+    proxy_prefix = request.scope.get('root_path', '').rstrip('/')
+
     html_content = html_content.replace(
-        "const API_URL = `http://${window.location.hostname}:8000`;",
-        "const API_URL = '';"
+        "const API_URL = '';",
+        f"const API_URL = '{proxy_prefix}';"
     )
     return HTMLResponse(content=html_content)
 
-
 @app.get("/logo.svg")
 async def logo():
     """Serve the NanoChat logo for favicon and header."""
@@ -412,4 +415,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     import uvicorn
     print(f"Starting NanoChat Web Server")
     print(f"Temperature: {args.temperature}, Top-k: {args.top_k}, Max tokens: {args.max_tokens}")
-    uvicorn.run(app, host=args.host, port=args.port)
+    uvicorn.run(app, host=args.host, port=args.port, root_path=args.root_path)