diff --git a/internal/app/setup.go b/internal/app/setup.go
index f5d9843..a24ac97 100644
--- a/internal/app/setup.go
+++ b/internal/app/setup.go
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ func (s *Setup) AddTasks() {
 	if s.config.HTTPPort != nil {
 		httpPort = *s.config.HTTPPort
 	}
-	httpURI := "http://" + s.config.HTTPAddress + httpPort
+	httpURI := "http://"
+	if s.config.HTTPAddress.Is6() {
+		httpURI = httpURI + "[" + s.config.HTTPAddress.String() + "]" + httpPort
+	} else {
+		httpURI = httpURI + s.config.HTTPAddress.String() + httpPort
+	}
+
 	// 0.3 http server
 	// 0.4 controller registry
 	if s.config.Locator != nil {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 0aaea75..c920762 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ type SRv6Config struct {
 	Hooks *Hooks `yaml:"hooks"`
 
 	// interface with controller
-	HTTPAddress string  `yaml:"http-address"`
-	HTTPPort    *string `yaml:"http-port,omitempty"` // default: 80
+	HTTPAddress netip.Addr `yaml:"http-address"`
+	HTTPPort    *string    `yaml:"http-port,omitempty"` // default: 80
 	// TODO: use a better type for this information
 	ControllerURI string `yaml:"controller-uri"` // example: http://192.0.2.2/8080