diff --git a/.changeset/fair-zoos-watch.md b/.changeset/fair-zoos-watch.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..413a273f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-zoos-watch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/admin-ui": patch
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+fix(medusa,admin-ui): Remove forced `backendUrl` from develop command. Allow specifying an alternative host value
diff --git a/packages/admin-ui/src/node/actions/develop.ts b/packages/admin-ui/src/node/actions/develop.ts
index 391ff98901..067cd0accc 100644
--- a/packages/admin-ui/src/node/actions/develop.ts
+++ b/packages/admin-ui/src/node/actions/develop.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ export async function develop({
     backend: "http://localhost:9000",
     develop: {
       open: true,
+      host: "localhost",
       port: 7001,
       logLevel: "error",
       stats: "normal",
-      allowedHosts: 'auto',
+      allowedHosts: "auto",
     },
   },
 }: DevelopArgs) {
@@ -54,13 +55,16 @@ export async function develop({
 
   const devServerArgs: DevServerConfiguration = {
     port: options.develop.port,
+    host: options.develop.host,
     client: {
       logging: "none",
       overlay: {
         errors: true,
         warnings: false,
       },
-      webSocketURL: options.develop.webSocketURL ? options.develop.webSocketURL : `ws://localhost:${options.develop.port}/ws`,
+      webSocketURL: options.develop.webSocketURL
+        ? options.develop.webSocketURL
+        : `ws://${options.develop.host}:${options.develop.port}/ws`,
     },
     open: false,
     onListening: options.develop.open
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ export async function develop({
           }
 
           openBrowser(
-            `http://localhost:${options.develop.port}${
+            `http://${options.develop.host}:${options.develop.port}${
               options.path ? options.path : ""
             }`
           )
@@ -85,16 +89,18 @@ export async function develop({
       disableDotRule: true,
     },
     hot: true,
-    allowedHosts: options.develop.allowedHosts ? options.develop.allowedHosts : 'auto',
+    allowedHosts: options.develop.allowedHosts
+      ? options.develop.allowedHosts
+      : "auto",
   }
 
   const server = new WebpackDevDerver(devServerArgs, compiler)
 
   const runServer = async () => {
     logger.info(
-      `Started development server on http://localhost:${options.develop.port}${
-        options.path ? options.path : ""
-      }`
+      `Started development server on http://${options.develop.host}:${
+        options.develop.port
+      }${options.path ? options.path : ""}`
     )
 
     await server.start()
diff --git a/packages/admin-ui/src/node/types.ts b/packages/admin-ui/src/node/types.ts
index b090398b0a..5f23123280 100644
--- a/packages/admin-ui/src/node/types.ts
+++ b/packages/admin-ui/src/node/types.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ export type DevelopOptions = {
    * @default true
    */
   open?: boolean
+  /**
+   * The host the development server should run on.
+   *
+   * @default "localhost"
+   */
+  host?: string
   /**
    * The port the development server should run on.
    * @default 7001
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ export type DevelopOptions = {
   /**
    * Specifying URL to web socket server
    */
-  webSocketURL?: string | WebSocketURL |undefined
+  webSocketURL?: string | WebSocketURL | undefined
 }
 
 export type AdminOptions = {
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js b/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
index cbf30b19c7..77bc14292b 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
   const { cli, binExists } = resolveAdminCLI()
 
   if (binExists) {
-    const backendUrl = `http://localhost:${port}`
-
-    const adminChild = fork(cli, [`develop`, "--backend", `${backendUrl}`], {
+    const adminChild = fork(cli, [`develop`], {
       cwd: directory,
       env: process.env,
       stdio: ["pipe", process.stdout, process.stderr, "ipc"],