diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 187583d..e8ad500 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::{
     init::{ConfigFormat, Launcher},
     supervise::Properties,
+    utils::ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL,
 };
 use std::{path::PathBuf, time::Duration};
 
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ pub struct StartArgs {
     #[clap(long = "tls-key", value_name = "PATH")]
     pub tls_key: Option<PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Provide a different URL for contacting the local zerotier-one service.
-    #[clap(long = "local-url", value_name = "LOCAL_URL")]
-    pub local_url: Option<String>,
+    /// Provide a different URL for contacting the local zerotier-one service. Default:
+    #[clap(long = "local-url", value_name = "LOCAL_URL", default_value = ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL)]
+    pub local_url: String,
 
     /// Log Level to print [off, trace, debug, error, warn, info]
     #[clap(short = 'l', long = "log-level", value_name = "LEVEL")]
diff --git a/src/init.rs b/src/init.rs
index 81006ae..2268120 100644
--- a/src/init.rs
+++ b/src/init.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct Launcher {
     pub tls_key: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub wildcard: bool,
     pub log_level: Option<crate::log::LevelFilter>,
-    pub local_url: Option<String>,
+    pub local_url: String,
     #[serde(skip_deserializing)]
     pub network_id: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl Default for Launcher {
             wildcard: false,
             network_id: None,
             log_level: None,
-            local_url: None,
+            local_url: ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL.to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 85ce84f..50569e2 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ impl Server {
             info!("Configuring DoT Listener");
             let tls = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::new(ip, 853)).await?;
 
-            match sf.register_tls_listener(
-                tls,
-                tcp_timeout,
-                ((certs, cert_chain), key),
-            ) {
+            match sf.register_tls_listener(tls, tcp_timeout, ((certs, cert_chain), key)) {
                 Ok(_) => {}
                 Err(e) => tracing::error!("Cannot start DoT listener: {}", e),
             }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 5e816b6..8a5ce2f 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ pub fn parse_member_name(name: Option<String>, domain_name: Name) -> Option<Name
 pub async fn get_member_name(
     authtoken_path: &Path,
     domain_name: Name,
-    local_url: Option<String>,
+    local_url: String,
 ) -> Result<LowerName, anyhow::Error> {
     let client = local_client_from_file(authtoken_path, local_url)?;
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pub async fn get_member_name(
 
 fn local_client_from_file(
     authtoken_path: &Path,
-    local_url: Option<String>,
+    local_url: String,
 ) -> Result<zerotier_one_api::Client, anyhow::Error> {
     let authtoken = std::fs::read_to_string(authtoken_path)?;
     local_client(authtoken, local_url)
@@ -174,25 +174,19 @@ fn local_client_from_file(
 
 pub fn local_client(
     authtoken: String,
-    local_url: Option<String>,
+    local_url: String,
 ) -> Result<zerotier_one_api::Client, anyhow::Error> {
     let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
     headers.insert("X-ZT1-Auth", HeaderValue::from_str(&authtoken)?);
 
-    let local_url = if let Some(url) = local_url {
+    let local_url = if let Ok(url) = std::env::var("ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL") {
         if url.len() > 0 {
             url
         } else {
-            ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL.to_string()
-        }
-    } else if let Ok(url) = std::env::var("ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL") {
-        if url.len() > 0 {
-            url
-        } else {
-            ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL.to_string()
+            local_url
         }
     } else {
-        ZEROTIER_LOCAL_URL.to_string()
+        local_url
     };
 
     Ok(zerotier_one_api::Client::new_with_client(
@@ -209,7 +203,7 @@ pub fn local_client(
 pub async fn get_listen_ips(
     authtoken_path: &Path,
     network_id: &str,
-    local_url: Option<String>,
+    local_url: String,
 ) -> Result<Vec<String>, anyhow::Error> {
     let client = local_client_from_file(authtoken_path, local_url)?;