diff --git a/OpenJibo/docs/live-jibo-test-runbook.md b/OpenJibo/docs/live-jibo-test-runbook.md
index 4a0d37f..eefb1c4 100644
--- a/OpenJibo/docs/live-jibo-test-runbook.md
+++ b/OpenJibo/docs/live-jibo-test-runbook.md
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ ASPNETCORE_URLS="https://0.0.0.0:443;http://0.0.0.0:24605" \
 ./scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
 ```
 
+By default this uses the local HTTP port exposed by the launcher:
+
+- `http://localhost:24605`
+
+That avoids certificate-name validation issues during preflight.
+
+If you want to override it, either of these works:
+
+```bash
+BASE_URL=http://localhost:24605 ./scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
+BASEURL=http://localhost:24605 ./scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
+```
+
 4. Verify controlled routing from the Ubuntu environment:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/OpenJibo/scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh b/OpenJibo/scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
index b6edc6b..9cf18e3 100755
--- a/OpenJibo/scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
+++ b/OpenJibo/scripts/cloud/invoke-live-jibo-prep.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 REPO_ROOT="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." && pwd)"
-BASE_URL="${BASE_URL:-https://localhost:5001}"
+BASE_URL="${BASE_URL:-${BASEURL:-${BASE_URL_OLD:-http://localhost:24605}}}"
 CAPTURE_DIRECTORY="${CAPTURE_DIRECTORY:-${REPO_ROOT}/captures/websocket}"
 EXPECTED_HOSTS=(
   "api.jibo.com"
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ echo " - keep the Ubuntu/Jibo routing setup in place"
 echo " - keep the Node server available as a fallback"
 echo " - point Jibo at the .NET server using the same controlled network settings"
 echo " - perform one startup check, one chat turn, and one joke turn"
+echo " - if you want to probe HTTPS directly, use BASE_URL=https://api.jibo.com with routing in place"
 echo " - after the run, inspect capture output with scripts/cloud/get-websocket-capture-summary.sh"
 echo " - import the best exported fixture with scripts/cloud/import-websocket-capture-fixture.py"