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 We'll automatically use the `x-forwarded-for` header to determine the client's IP address when behind a proxy.
 
 If you're publicly exposing your server without a load balancer in front of it, you should set the `AIKIDO_TRUST_PROXY` env var to `false` to ensure that the correct IP address is used. Otherwise, someone could potentially spoof their IP address by adding the above header and thus bypassing the rate limiting.
+
+If you need to use a different header to determine the client's IP address, you can set the `AIKIDO_CLIENT_IP_HEADER` environment variable to the name of that header. This will override the default `x-forwarded-for` header.
+
+```bash
+# For DigitalOcean App Platform
+AIKIDO_CLIENT_IP_HEADER=do-connecting-ip java -javaagent:... -jar ...
+```