diff --git a/public/locales/en/modules/media-requests-list.json b/public/locales/en/modules/media-requests-list.json
index f372514bb..a1a2b6ab2 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/modules/media-requests-list.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/modules/media-requests-list.json
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
     "name": "Media Requests",
     "description": "See a list of all media requests from your Overseerr or Jellyseerr instance",
     "settings": {
-      "title": "Media requests list"
+      "title": "Media requests list",
+      "replaceLinksWithExternalHost": {
+        "label": "Replace links with external host"
+      }
     }
   },
   "noRequests": "No requests found. Please ensure that you've configured your apps correctly.",
diff --git a/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts b/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
index 567b2f422..5cd58c167 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/modules/media-requests/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { getConfig } from '../../../../tools/config/getConfig';
 
 import { MediaRequest } from '../../../../widgets/media-requests/media-request-types';
 import { ConfigAppType } from '../../../../types/app';
+import { MediaRequestListWidget } from '../../../../widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile';
 
 const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
   const configName = getCookie('config-name', { req: request });
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
     })
       .then(async (response) => {
         const body = (await response.json()) as OverseerrResponse;
+        const mediaWidget = config.widgets.find(
+            (x) => x.type === 'media-requests-list') as MediaRequestListWidget | undefined;
+        if (!mediaWidget) {
+            Consola.log('No media-requests-list found');
+            return Promise.resolve([]);
+        }
+        const appUrl = mediaWidget.properties.replaceLinksWithExternalHost
+          ? app.behaviour.externalUrl
+          : app.url;
 
         const requests = await Promise.all(
           body.results.map(async (item): Promise<MediaRequest> => {
@@ -42,12 +52,12 @@ const Get = async (request: NextApiRequest, response: NextApiResponse) => {
               name: genericItem.name,
               userName: item.requestedBy.displayName,
               userProfilePicture: constructAvatarUrl(app, item),
-              userLink: `${app.url}/users/${item.requestedBy.id}`,
+              userLink: `${appUrl}/users/${item.requestedBy.id}`,
               airDate: genericItem.airDate,
               status: item.status,
               backdropPath: `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/${genericItem.backdropPath}`,
               posterPath: `https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/${genericItem.posterPath}`,
-              href: `${app.behaviour.externalUrl}/movie/${item.media.tmdbId}`,
+              href: `${appUrl}/movie/${item.media.tmdbId}`,
             };
           })
         );
diff --git a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
index c9f15e1b0..493091068 100644
--- a/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/media-requests/MediaRequestListTile.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ import { MediaRequest, MediaRequestStatus } from './media-request-types';
 const definition = defineWidget({
   id: 'media-requests-list',
   icon: IconGitPullRequest,
-  options: {},
+  options: {
+    replaceLinksWithExternalHost: {
+      type: 'switch',
+      defaultValue: true,
+    },
+  },
   component: MediaRequestListTile,
   gridstack: {
     minWidth: 3,