diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a52673..d3a9b39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ Set **OPENAI_API_KEY** environment variable with your API key
 export OPENAI_API_KEY='changeme'
 ```
 
+Optionally, set **OPENAI_BASE_URL** to use a custom OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
+```bash
+export OPENAI_BASE_URL='http://your-custom-endpoint.com/v1'  # Optional: defaults to https://api.openai.com
+```
+
 ```bash
 python run.py --path_to_vm Ubuntu/Ubuntu.vmx --headless --observation_type screenshot --model gpt-4-vision-preview --result_dir ./results
 ```
diff --git a/mm_agents/agent.py b/mm_agents/agent.py
index 1eefbba..35752b7 100644
--- a/mm_agents/agent.py
+++ b/mm_agents/agent.py
@@ -615,13 +615,17 @@ class PromptAgent:
             else:
                 return response.json()['choices'][0]['message']['content']
         elif self.model.startswith("gpt"):
+            # Support custom OpenAI base URL via environment variable
+            base_url = os.environ.get('OPENAI_BASE_URL', 'https://api.openai.com')
+            # Smart handling: avoid duplicate /v1 if base_url already ends with /v1
+            api_url = f"{base_url}/chat/completions" if base_url.endswith('/v1') else f"{base_url}/v1/chat/completions"
             headers = {
                 "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']}"
             }
             logger.info("Generating content with GPT model: %s", self.model)
             response = requests.post(
-                "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions",
+                api_url,
                 headers=headers,
                 json=payload
             )
@@ -631,7 +635,7 @@ class PromptAgent:
                     logger.error("Context length exceeded. Retrying with a smaller context.")
                     payload["messages"] = [payload["messages"][0]] + payload["messages"][-1:]
                     retry_response = requests.post(
-                        "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions",
+                        api_url,
                         headers=headers,
                         json=payload
                     )