diff --git a/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/NOTES.txt b/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
index 1708ecef..721ede54 100644
--- a/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 Component '{{ include "chart.fullname" . }}' on version '{{ .Values.imageTag }}' released with Helm!
 {{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
 The component is exposed via the following routes:
-{{- $appUrl := .Values.appUrl -}}
+{{- if .Values.ingress.simpleHost }}
+{{ printf "https://%s" .Values.ingress.simpleHost }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
 {{ printf "https://%s" .host }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/ingress.yaml b/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
index a2c5cb5c..14489e0f 100644
--- a/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/docker-plain/files/chart/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ spec:
   - {}
   {{- end }}
   rules:
+    {{- if .Values.ingress.simpleHost }}
+    - host: {{ .Values.ingress.simpleHost | quote }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: {{ $fullName }}
+                port:
+                  number: {{ $svcPort }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
     - host: {{ .host | quote }}
       http:
diff --git a/docker-plain/files/chart/values.schema.json b/docker-plain/files/chart/values.schema.json
index 6b06bc12..534aadd1 100644
--- a/docker-plain/files/chart/values.schema.json
+++ b/docker-plain/files/chart/values.schema.json
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
             "type": "string"
           }
         },
+        "simpleHost": {
+          "description": "Hostname for simple use cases",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "hosts": {
           "description": "List of ingress hosts",
           "type": "array",
diff --git a/docker-plain/files/chart/values.yaml b/docker-plain/files/chart/values.yaml
index 01f88a17..b5c39caa 100644
--- a/docker-plain/files/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/docker-plain/files/chart/values.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ingress:
     ## e.g. add cert-manager support by annotating the ingress https://cert-manager.io/docs/usage/ingress/
     ## ask in your company for good defaults
 
+  # If no more than one URL is needed, simpleHost is probably sufficient. Alternatively, Use hosts for more customization capabilities.
+  # simpleHost and hosts can coexist. Check out templates/ingress.yaml for more details.
+  # Usually we want different URLs for dev, test and prod environments. It makes sense to define them in values.<env>.yaml rather than in this file.
+  simpleHost: ""
   hosts: [] # When defining a host you must define also a path
   # - host: yourapp.yourdomain.com
   #   paths: