diff --git a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/93-openvpn.sh b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/93-openvpn.sh
index ef8ca04ac..768fbac9d 100644
--- a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/93-openvpn.sh
+++ b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/93-openvpn.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ declare openvpn_password
 if bashio::config.true 'openvpn_enabled'; then
   
   bashio::log.info "Configuring openvpn"
+
+  # CONFIGURE OPENVPN
   openvpn_config=$(bashio::config 'openvpn_config')
 
   cp "/config/openvpn/${openvpn_config}.ovpn" /etc/openvpn/config.ovpn ||   bashio::log.error "openvpn config file not found in /config/openvpn/${openvpn_config}.ovpn"
@@ -22,4 +24,25 @@ if bashio::config.true 'openvpn_enabled'; then
   sed -i "1a\/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh \"\${4}\" &\n" /etc/openvpn/up.sh
   bashio::log.info "openvpn correctly set, please modify manually qbittorrent options to select it"
 
+  # CONFIGURE QBITTORRENT
+  port="$1"
+
+  QBT_CONFIG_FILE="/config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf"
+  if [ -f "$QBT_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+      # if Connection address line exists
+      if grep -q 'Connection\\PortRangeMin' "$QBT_CONFIG_FILE"; then
+          # Set connection interface address to the VPN address
+          sed -i -E 's/^.*\b(Connection.*PortRangeMin)\b.*$/Connection\\PortRangeMin='"$port"'/' "$QBT_CONFIG_FILE"
+      else
+          # add the line for configuring interface address to the qBittorrent config file
+          printf 'Connection\\PortRangeMin=%s' "$port" >>"$QBT_CONFIG_FILE"
+      fi
+  else
+      bashio::log.error "qBittorrent config file doesn't exist, openvpn must be added manually to qbittorrent options "
+      exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  # Ensure no redirection by removing the direction tag
+  bashio::log.info "Direct connection without VPN enabled"
+  sed -i '/PortRangeMin/d' $QBT_CONFIG_FILE
 fi