diff --git a/docker/manage b/docker/manage
index 5b8063f..ce29cae 100755
--- a/docker/manage
+++ b/docker/manage
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1
-export DOCKERHOST=${APPLICATION_URL-$(docker run --rm --net=host eclipse/che-ip)}
+# getDockerHost; for details refer to https://github.com/bcgov/DITP-DevOps/tree/main/code/snippets#getdockerhost
+. /dev/stdin <<<"$(cat <(curl -s --raw https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcgov/DITP-DevOps/main/code/snippets/getDockerHost))" 
+export DOCKERHOST=$(getDockerHost)
 set -e
 
 S2I_EXE=s2i