diff --git a/custom_components/alexa_media/__init__.py b/custom_components/alexa_media/__init__.py
index 67e3c4de..c2198b9d 100644
--- a/custom_components/alexa_media/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/alexa_media/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 )
 import async_timeout
 from homeassistant import util
+from homeassistant.components.persistent_notification import async_creat
 from homeassistant.config_entries import SOURCE_IMPORT
 from homeassistant.const import (
     CONF_EMAIL,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import async_dispatcher_send
 from homeassistant.helpers.update_coordinator import DataUpdateCoordinator, UpdateFailed
 from homeassistant.util import dt, slugify
+from httpx import TimeoutException
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from .alexa_entity import AlexaEntityData, get_entity_data, parse_alexa_entities
@@ -176,9 +178,10 @@ async def async_setup(hass, config, discovery_info=None):
                     DOMAIN,
                     context={"source": SOURCE_IMPORT},
                     data={
+                        CONF_URL: account[CONF_URL],
                         CONF_EMAIL: account[CONF_EMAIL],
                         CONF_PASSWORD: account[CONF_PASSWORD],
-                        CONF_URL: account[CONF_URL],
+                        CONF_PUBLIC_URL: account[CONF_PUBLIC_URL],
                         CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES: account[CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES],
                         CONF_EXCLUDE_DEVICES: account[CONF_EXCLUDE_DEVICES],
                         CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL: account[CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL].total_seconds(),
@@ -1387,7 +1390,8 @@ async def test_login_status(hass, config_entry, login) -> bool:
         elaspsed_time: str = str(datetime.now() - login.stats.get("login_timestamp"))
         api_calls: int = login.stats.get("api_calls")
         message += f"Relogin required after {elaspsed_time} and {api_calls} api calls."
-    hass.components.persistent_notification.async_create(
+    # hass.components.persistent_notification.async_create(
+    async_create(
         title="Alexa Media Reauthentication Required",
         message=message,
         notification_id=f"alexa_media_{slugify(login.email)}{slugify(login.url[7:])}",
diff --git a/custom_components/alexa_media/config_flow.py b/custom_components/alexa_media/config_flow.py
index 8b8eb9bf..35eae321 100644
--- a/custom_components/alexa_media/config_flow.py
+++ b/custom_components/alexa_media/config_flow.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                 (vol.Required(CONF_PASSWORD), str),
                 (vol.Optional(CONF_OTPSECRET), str),
                 (vol.Optional(CONF_SECURITYCODE), str),
+                (vol.Optional(CONF_PUBLIC_URL), str),
                 (vol.Optional(CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES, default=""), str),
                 (vol.Optional(CONF_EXCLUDE_DEVICES, default=""), str),
                 (vol.Optional(CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL, default=60), int),
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ async def async_step_user(self, user_input=None):
             hass_url: str = get_url(self.hass, prefer_external=True)
         except NoURLAvailableError:
             hass_url = ""
+        DEFAULT_PUBLIC_URL = hass_url
         self.proxy_schema = OrderedDict(
             [
                 (
@@ -182,6 +184,13 @@ async def async_step_user(self, user_input=None):
                     ),
                     str,
                 ),
+                (
+                    vol.Optional(
+                        CONF_PUBLIC_URL,
+                        default=self.config.get(CONF_PUBLIC_URL, DEFAULT_PUBLIC_URL),
+                    ),
+                    str,
+                ),
                 (
                     vol.Optional(
                         CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES,
@@ -738,8 +747,10 @@ def _save_user_input_to_config(self, user_input=None) -> None:
             self.config[CONF_EMAIL] = user_input[CONF_EMAIL]
         if CONF_PASSWORD in user_input:
             self.config[CONF_PASSWORD] = user_input[CONF_PASSWORD]
-        if CONF_HASS_URL in user_input:
-            self.config[CONF_HASS_URL] = user_input[CONF_HASS_URL]
+        if CONF_URL in user_input:
+            self.config[CONF_URL] = user_input[CONF_URL]
+        if CONF_PUBLIC_URL in user_input:
+            self.config[CONF_PUBLIC_URL] = user_input[CONF_PUBLIC_URL]
         if CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL in user_input:
             self.config[CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL] = (
                 user_input[CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL]
@@ -792,6 +803,13 @@ def _update_schema_defaults(self) -> Any:
                     CONF_OTPSECRET,
                     default=self.config.get(CONF_OTPSECRET, ""),
                 ): str,
+                vol.Required(
+                    CONF_HASS_URL, default=self.config.get(CONF_HASS_URL, hass_url)
+                ): str,
+                vol.Optional(
+                    CONF_PUBLIC_URL,
+                    default=self.config.get(CONF_PUBLIC_URL, DEFAULT_PUBLIC_URL),
+                ): str,
                 vol.Optional(
                     CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES,
                     default=self.config.get(CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES, ""),
@@ -845,6 +863,15 @@ async def async_step_init(
 
         self.options_schema = OrderedDict(
             [
+                (
+                    vol.Optional(
+                        CONF_PUBLIC_URL,
+                        default=self.config_entry.data.get(
+                            CONF_PUBLIC_URL, DEFAULT_PUBLIC_URL
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                    str,
+                ),
                 (
                     vol.Optional(
                         CONF_INCLUDE_DEVICES,