diff --git a/internal/controller/proxy_controller.go b/internal/controller/proxy_controller.go
index 3993473..d146f85 100644
--- a/internal/controller/proxy_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/proxy_controller.go
@@ -90,10 +90,13 @@ func (controller *ProxyController) proxyHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		tlog.App.Debug().Msg("Request identified as (most likely) coming from a non-browser client")
 	}
 
-	uri, ok := controller.requireHeader(c, "x-forwarded-uri")
+	uri, ok := controller.getHeader(c, "x-forwarded-uri")
 
 	if !ok {
-		return
+		originalUri, ok := controller.getHeader(c, "x-original-uri")
+		if ok {
+			uri = originalUri
+		}
 	}
 
 	host, ok := controller.requireHeader(c, "x-forwarded-host")
@@ -334,8 +337,8 @@ func (controller *ProxyController) handleError(c *gin.Context, req Proxy, isBrow
 }
 
 func (controller *ProxyController) requireHeader(c *gin.Context, header string) (string, bool) {
-	val := c.Request.Header.Get(header)
-	if strings.TrimSpace(val) == "" {
+	val, ok := controller.getHeader(c, header)
+	if !ok {
 		tlog.App.Error().Str("header", header).Msg("Header not found")
 		c.JSON(400, gin.H{
 			"status":  400,
@@ -345,3 +348,8 @@ func (controller *ProxyController) requireHeader(c *gin.Context, header string)
 	}
 	return val, true
 }
+
+func (controller *ProxyController) getHeader(c *gin.Context, header string) (string, bool) {
+	val := c.Request.Header.Get(header)
+	return val, strings.TrimSpace(val) != ""
+}
diff --git a/internal/controller/proxy_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/proxy_controller_test.go
index e2c020f..1d91784 100644
--- a/internal/controller/proxy_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/proxy_controller_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestProxyHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	req = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/auth/nginx", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
 	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "example.com")
-	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", "/somepath")
+	// we won't set X-Forwarded-Uri to test that the controller can work without it
 	router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 401, recorder.Code)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func TestProxyHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	req = httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/api/auth/traefik", nil)
 	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
 	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", "example.com")
-	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", "/somepath")
+	req.Header.Set("X-Original-Uri", "/somepath") // Test with original URI for kubernetes ingress
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html")
 
 	router.ServeHTTP(recorder, req)