diff --git a/bin/bcoin-cli b/bin/bcoin-cli
index 050ddeeb..d4fecbc2 100755
--- a/bin/bcoin-cli
+++ b/bin/bcoin-cli
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var utils = bcoin.utils;
 var assert = utils.assert;
 var Client = bcoin.http.client;
 
-var client = new Client(argv.url || 'localhost:8080');
+var client = new Client(argv.url || process.env.BCOIN_URL || 'localhost:8080');
 
 function getID() {
   if (process.env.BCOIN_WALLET_ID)