diff --git a/pype/vendor/pico/client.py b/pype/vendor/pico/client.py
index e868d640db..8f1361f9c8 100644
--- a/pype/vendor/pico/client.py
+++ b/pype/vendor/pico/client.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class PicoClient(object):
 
 def load(module_name):
     ip = os.getenv("PICO_IP", '127.0.0.1')
+    if ip.startswith('http'):
+        ip = ip.replace("http://", "")
     port = int(os.getenv("PICO_PORT", 4242))
     client = PicoClient(
         "http://{0}:{1}".format(ip, port)
diff --git a/pype/vendor/pico/server.py b/pype/vendor/pico/server.py
index 2e9111ecbf..c5f0d1602e 100644
--- a/pype/vendor/pico/server.py
+++ b/pype/vendor/pico/server.py
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             module_name += ':app'
         app = import_string(module_name)
 
-    kwargs = {"ip": os.getenv("PICO_IP", None),
+    ip = os.getenv("PICO_IP", None)
+
+    if ip and ip.startswith('http'):
+        ip = ip.replace("http://", "")
+
+    kwargs = {"ip": ip,
               "port": int(os.getenv("PICO_PORT", None)),
               "use_debugger": os.getenv("PICO_DEBUG", None),
               "use_reloader": os.getenv("PICO_RELOADER", None),