diff --git a/deploy/helm/pulumi-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/pulumi-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index d4512618..c055fd95 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/pulumi-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/pulumi-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
         - --leader-elect
         - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
         - --metrics-bind-address=:8383
-        - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local
+        - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80
         - --zap-log-level={{ .Values.controller.logLevel }}
         - --zap-time-encoding=iso8601
         env:
diff --git a/deploy/yaml/install.yaml b/deploy/yaml/install.yaml
index 5a274c0d..4d38710a 100644
--- a/deploy/yaml/install.yaml
+++ b/deploy/yaml/install.yaml
@@ -28404,7 +28404,7 @@ spec:
         - --leader-elect
         - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
         - --metrics-bind-address=:8383
-        - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local
+        - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80
         - --zap-log-level=error
         - --zap-time-encoding=iso8601
         env:
diff --git a/operator/cmd/main.go b/operator/cmd/main.go
index 4f47223a..a9fd4f3f 100644
--- a/operator/cmd/main.go
+++ b/operator/cmd/main.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func main() {
 		"If set, HTTP/2 will be enabled for the metrics and webhook servers")
 	flag.StringVar(&programFSAddr, "program-fs-addr", envOrDefault("PROGRAM_FS_ADDR", ":9090"),
 		"The address the static file server binds to.")
-	flag.StringVar(&programFSAdvAddr, "program-fs-adv-addr", envOrDefault("PROGRAM_FS_ADV_ADDR", "localhost:9090"),
+	flag.StringVar(&programFSAdvAddr, "program-fs-adv-addr", envOrDefault("PROGRAM_FS_ADV_ADDR", ""),
 		"The advertised address of the static file server.")
 	opts := zap.Options{
 		Development: true,
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Create a new ProgramHandler to handle Program objects. Both the ProgramReconciler and the file server need to
 	// access the ProgramHandler, so it is created here and passed to both.
+	if programFSAdvAddr == "" {
+		programFSAdvAddr = determineAdvAddr(programFSAddr)
+	}
 	pHandler := newProgramHandler(mgr.GetClient(), programFSAdvAddr)
 
 	if err = (&autocontroller.WorkspaceReconciler{
diff --git a/operator/config/manager/manager.yaml b/operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 78eaac76..d72b2532 100644
--- a/operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec:
             - --leader-elect
             - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
             - --metrics-bind-address=:8383
-            - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local
+            - --program-fs-adv-addr=pulumi-kubernetes-operator.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local:80
             - --zap-log-level=error
             - --zap-time-encoding=iso8601
           ports: