diff --git a/src/cli/explorer.rs b/src/cli/explorer.rs
index 3021190..c0bdd99 100644
--- a/src/cli/explorer.rs
+++ b/src/cli/explorer.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@ use bollard::models::{HostConfig, PortBinding};
 use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
 use rand::Rng;
 
+use clap::Args;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::utils::docker::{container_exists, kill_container, run_docker_image};
 
-pub async fn explorer() {
+#[derive(Args)]
+pub struct ExplorerOpts {
+    #[clap(long, default_value = "localhost")]
+    pub host: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn explorer(opts: &ExplorerOpts) {
     let random_string: String = (0..64).map(|_| rand::thread_rng().sample(Alphanumeric).to_string()).collect();
     let secret_key_base = format!("SECRET_KEY_BASE={}", random_string);
 
+    let host_env = format!("PHX_HOST={}", opts.host);
     let env = vec![
         "RPC_API_HOST=http://host.docker.internal:9944",
         "DB_TYPE=sqlite",
@@ -17,7 +25,7 @@ pub async fn explorer() {
         "DISABLE_TESTNET_SYNC=true",
         "TESTNET_RPC_API_HOST=http://host.docker.internal:9944",
         "DATABASE_PATH=/use/exp.db",
-        "PHX_HOST=localhost",
+        host_env.as_str(),
         &secret_key_base,
     ];
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 001f17e..0412702 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use madara_cli::cli;
+use madara_cli::cli::explorer::ExplorerOpts;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ enum Commands {
     /// Runs the App Chain using Madara
     Run,
     /// Runs the L2 explorer
-    Explorer,
+    Explorer(ExplorerOpts),
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ async fn main() {
         Some(Commands::Init) => cli::init::init().await,
         Some(Commands::List) => cli::list::list(),
         Some(Commands::Run) => cli::run::run().await,
-        Some(Commands::Explorer) => cli::explorer::explorer().await,
+        Some(Commands::Explorer(opts)) => cli::explorer::explorer(opts).await,
         None => log::info!("Use --help to see the complete list of available commands"),
     }
 }