diff --git a/services/traccar.sh b/services/traccar.sh
index 5db6323..e74cf57 100644
--- a/services/traccar.sh
+++ b/services/traccar.sh
@@ -216,15 +216,22 @@ install_traccar() {
 
     local TZ_VAL="${SITE_TZ:-$(cat /etc/timezone 2>/dev/null || echo UTC)}"
 
+    # Mirrors configure_caddy_for_service's own mode resolution (lib/common.sh)
+    # so this matches whatever Caddy setup the site actually has: an explicit
+    # CADDY_MODE from the site config wins, then a local ~/docker/caddy, then
+    # the legacy CADDY_REMOTE_HOST var. Only "local" joins caddy_net — a remote
+    # Caddy box can't resolve container names on this host's bridge network
+    # anyway, it reaches Traccar via this host's published 8082 port instead.
+    local _CADDY_MODE="${CADDY_MODE:-none}"
+    [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "none" ] && [ -d "$DOCKER_DIR/caddy" ] && _CADDY_MODE="local"
+    [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "none" ] && [ -n "${CADDY_REMOTE_HOST:-}" ] && _CADDY_MODE="remote"
+
     local _CADDY_NET_BLOCK=""
-    if [ -d "$DOCKER_DIR/caddy" ]; then
+    local _CADDY_NET_SECTION=""
+    if [ "$_CADDY_MODE" = "local" ]; then
         _CADDY_NET_BLOCK="    networks:
       - caddy_net
 "
-    fi
-
-    local _CADDY_NET_SECTION=""
-    if [ -d "$DOCKER_DIR/caddy" ]; then
         _CADDY_NET_SECTION="
 networks:
   caddy_net: