diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/CHANGELOG.md b/birdnet-pipy/CHANGELOG.md
index cf38c8efc..c370752f9 100644
--- a/birdnet-pipy/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+## 0.5.0-2 (2026-02-14)
+- Skip ingress nginx configuration when ingress is not active (empty/invalid ingress port)
+
 ## 0.5.0 (2026-02-14)
 - Update to latest version from Suncuss/BirdNET-PiPy (changelog : https://github.com/Suncuss/BirdNET-PiPy/releases)
 
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml b/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
index 466d1f6ca..0f7d20e9b 100644
--- a/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ schema:
   ssl: bool?
 slug: birdnet-pipy
 url: https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/tree/master/birdnet-pipy
-version: "0.5.0"
+version: "0.5.0-2"
 webui: "[PROTO:ssl]://[HOST]:[PORT:80]"
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
index 6cd47e4eb..3b63f1c44 100755
--- a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ ingress_port="$(bashio::addon.ingress_port)"
 ingress_interface="$(bashio::addon.ip_address)"
 ingress_entry="$(bashio::addon.ingress_entry)"
 
+if ! [[ "${ingress_port}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "${ingress_port}" -le 0 ]]; then
+    bashio::log.info "Ingress not active, skipping ingress nginx configuration"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 sed -i \
     -e "s|proxy_pass http://api|proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1|g" \
     -e "s|proxy_pass http://icecast|proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1|g" \