diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7516826..830e831 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -150,6 +150,62 @@ if [ -z "$ORCH_ADDR" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# -----------------------------
+# Normalize orchestrator address
+# -----------------------------
+
+normalize_orch_addr() {
+  local input="$1"
+  local scheme=""
+  local rest=""
+  local hostport=""
+  local path=""
+
+  # Extract scheme if present
+  if [[ "$input" =~ ^(https?://)(.*)$ ]]; then
+    scheme="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    rest="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+  else
+    rest="$input"
+  fi
+
+  # Split host[:port] and path
+  if [[ "$rest" =~ ^([^/]+)(/.*)?$ ]]; then
+    hostport="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    path="${BASH_REMATCH[2]:-}"
+  else
+    hostport="$rest"
+  fi
+
+  # Split host and port
+  local host="$hostport"
+  local port=""
+
+  if [[ "$hostport" =~ ^(.+):([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+    host="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    port="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+  fi
+
+  # Strip -krkn suffix from the hostname label only
+  # e.g. krkn-krkn.example.com -> krkn.example.com
+  # The conductor servers on the primary host at port 65535
+  # The -krkn is for the krkns service not the orechstra conductor
+  #      foo-krkn -> foo
+  host="$(echo "$host" | sed -E 's/-krkn(\.|$)/\1/')"
+
+  # If no port, add default
+  if [ -z "$port" ]; then
+    port="65535"
+  fi
+
+  echo "${scheme}${host}:${port}${path}"
+}
+
+ORCH_ADDR="$(normalize_orch_addr "$ORCH_ADDR")"
+
+log "Normalized orchestrator address: ${ORCH_ADDR}"
+
+
 DEFAULT_WORKER_ID="$(hostname)"
 read -rp "Worker ID [${DEFAULT_WORKER_ID}]: " WORKER_ID < /dev/tty
 WORKER_ID="${WORKER_ID:-$DEFAULT_WORKER_ID}"