diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 2aba99e..1fb26c5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ CHATGPT_API_MODEL=gpt-3.5-turbo
 #CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX=Instructions:\nYou are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.
 # (Optional) Set to true if ChatGPT should ignore any messages which are not text
 #CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA=false
+# (Optional) You can change the api url to use another (OpenAI-compatible) API endpoint
+#CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY=https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions
 
 # Set data store settings
 KEYV_BACKEND=file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e18e6fd..968a320 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Adjust all required settings in the `.env` file before running. Optional setting
 - You need to have an account at [openai.com](https://openai.com/). Please note that the usage of the ChatGPT-API is not free.
 - Create a [API Key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys). Then, set `OPENAI_API_KEY` in your `.env` file
 - You can change the chat-model by setting the `CHATGPT_API_MODEL` in your `.env` file. ChatGPT is the `gpt-3.5-turbo`-model which is the default. Please note that depending on the model your OpenAI account will be charged.
+- You can change the API-URL to use another base than the official OpenAI-endpoint. To do so, change the `CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY` in the `.env` file.
 
 ## Setup
 
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index 464971b..69360d3 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_API_MODEL,
   CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX,
   CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA,
+  CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY,
 } = parseEnv(process.env, {
   DATA_PATH:                   { schema: z.string().default("./storage"),          description: "Set to /storage/ if using docker, ./storage if running without" },
   KEYV_BACKEND:                { schema: z.enum(["file", "other"]).default("file"),description: "Set the Keyv backend to 'file' or 'other' if other set KEYV_URL" },
@@ -67,4 +68,5 @@ export const {
   CHATGPT_API_MODEL:           { schema: z.string().default(""),                   description: "The model for the ChatGPT-API to use. Keep in mind that these models will charge your OpenAI account depending on their pricing." },
   CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX:       { schema: z.string().default('Instructions:\nYou are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI.'), description: "Instructions to feed to ChatGPT on startup"},
   CHATGPT_IGNORE_MEDIA:        { schema: z.boolean().default(false),               description: "Wether or not the bot should react to non-text messages"},
+  CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY:       { schema: z.string().default(""),                   description: "Change the api url to use another (OpenAI-compatible) API endpoint" }
 });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c9d5375..87c480a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import {
 } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 
 import * as path from "path";
-import { DATA_PATH, KEYV_URL, OPENAI_API_KEY, MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL, MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, MATRIX_AUTOJOIN, MATRIX_BOT_PASSWORD, MATRIX_BOT_USERNAME, MATRIX_ENCRYPTION, MATRIX_THREADS, CHATGPT_CONTEXT, CHATGPT_API_MODEL, KEYV_BOT_STORAGE, KEYV_BACKEND, CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX, MATRIX_WELCOME } from './env.js'
+import {
+  DATA_PATH, KEYV_URL, OPENAI_API_KEY, MATRIX_HOMESERVER_URL, MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, MATRIX_AUTOJOIN,
+  MATRIX_BOT_PASSWORD, MATRIX_BOT_USERNAME, MATRIX_ENCRYPTION, MATRIX_THREADS, CHATGPT_CONTEXT,
+  CHATGPT_API_MODEL, KEYV_BOT_STORAGE, KEYV_BACKEND, CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX, MATRIX_WELCOME,
+  CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY
+  } from './env.js'
 import CommandHandler from "./handlers.js"
 import { KeyvStorageProvider } from './storage.js'
 import { parseMatrixUsernamePretty, wrapPrompt } from './utils.js';
@@ -58,6 +63,9 @@ async function main() {
     },
     promptPrefix: wrapPrompt(CHATGPT_PROMPT_PREFIX),
     debug: false,
+    options: {
+      reverseProxyUrl: CHATGPT_REVERSE_PROXY
+    },
   };
 
   const chatgpt = new ChatGPTClient(OPENAI_API_KEY, clientOptions, cacheOptions);