diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc0841144..f4028b4c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,11 +191,17 @@ If you are using a desktop environment (Pixel, Mate, LXDE, etc) or using remote
 ![](http://www.thomasjacquin.com/allsky-portal/screenshots/camera-settings.jpg)
 
 If you don't want to configure the camera using the terminal, you can install the web based [graphical interface](https://github.com/thomasjacquin/allsky-portal).
-Please note that this will change your hostname to allsky, install lighttpd and replace your /var/www/html directory. It will also move settings.json to `/etc/raspap/settings.json`.
+Please note that this will change your hostname to allsky (or whatever you called it when installing), install lighttpd and replace your /var/www/html directory. It will also move settings.json to `/etc/raspap/settings.json`.
 
 ```shell
 sudo gui/install.sh
 ```
+Or if you don't want to use the default name of 'allsky' for your pi use the following
+
+```shell
+sudo gui/install.sh piname
+```
+
 **Note:*** If you use an older version of Raspbian, the install script may fail on php7.0-cgi dependency. Edit gui/install.sh and replace php7.0-cgi by php5-cgi.
 
 After you complete the GUI setup, you'll be able to administer the camera using the web UI by navigating to
@@ -207,6 +213,11 @@ or
 http://allsky.local
 ```
 
+Note: If you changed the name of your pi during the gui install then use
+```sh
+http://piname.local
+```
+
 The default username is 'admin' and the default password is 'secret'.
 
 A public page is also available in order to view the current image without having to log into the portal. This can be useful for people who don't have a personal website but still want to share a view of their sky :
diff --git a/gui/install.sh b/gui/install.sh
index 4596f74c2..6b2aa6b88 100755
--- a/gui/install.sh
+++ b/gui/install.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
+	HOST_NAME=$1
+else
+	HOST_NAME='allsky'
+fi
+
+
 echo -en '\n'
 echo -e "${RED}****************************************************************"
 echo    "*** Welcome to the Allsky Administration Portal installation ***"
@@ -23,8 +31,8 @@ sed -i "s|/home/pi/allsky|$(dirname "$SCRIPTPATH")|g" $SCRIPTPATH/lighttpd.conf
 cp $SCRIPTPATH/lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
 echo -en '\n'
 echo -e "${GREEN}* Changing hostname to allsky${NC}"
-echo "allsky" > /etc/hostname
-sed -i 's/raspberrypi/allsky/g' /etc/hosts
+echo "$HOST_NAME" > /etc/hostname
+sed -i 's/raspberrypi/$HOST_NAME/g' /etc/hosts
 echo -en '\n'
 echo -e "${GREEN}* Setting avahi-daemon configuration${NC}"
 cp $SCRIPTPATH/avahi-daemon.conf /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf
@@ -53,11 +61,11 @@ sed -i '/CAMERA_SETTINGS_DIR=/c\CAMERA_SETTINGS_DIR="/etc/raspap"' $(dirname "$S
 echo -en '\n'
 echo -en '\n'
 echo "The Allsky Portal is now installed"
-echo "You can now reboot the Raspberry Pi and connect to it from your laptop, computer, phone, tablet at this address: http://allsky.local or http://`ifconfig | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p'`"
+echo "You can now reboot the Raspberry Pi and connect to it from your laptop, computer, phone, tablet at this address: http://$HOST_NAME.local or http://`ifconfig | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p'`"
 echo -en '\n'
 read -p "Do you want to reboot now? [y/n] " ans_yn
 case "$ans_yn" in
   [Yy]|[Yy][Ee][Ss]) reboot now;;
 
   *) exit 3;;
-esac
+esac
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