diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 05bd3dd..fb208a2 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ DJANGO_CELERY_BROKER_URL = os.getenv('DJANGO_CELERY_BROKER_URL', 'redis://localh
 
 INFERENCE_HOST = os.getenv('INFERENCE_HOST', 'localhost')
 INFERENCE_PORT = os.getenv('INFERENCE_PORT', '8001')
-INFERENCE_URL = f"http://{INFERENCE_HOST}:{INFERENCE_PORT}"
+INFERENCE_PROTOCOL = os.getenv('INFERENCE_PROTOCOL', 'http')
+INFERENCE_URL = f"{INFERENCE_PROTOCOL}://{INFERENCE_HOST}:{INFERENCE_PORT}"
 INFERENCE_SEMANTIC_CHUNK_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/semantic-chunk"
 INFERENCE_EMBEDDINGS_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/embeddings"
 INFERENCE_CHAT_COMPLETIONS_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/chat/completions"