diff --git a/src/main/java/io/pinecone/clients/Pinecone.java b/src/main/java/io/pinecone/clients/Pinecone.java
index 9d7cc082..9131a5ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/pinecone/clients/Pinecone.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/pinecone/clients/Pinecone.java
@@ -1778,11 +1778,16 @@ public Pinecone build() {
                 apiClient = new ApiClient(customOkHttpClient);
             } else {
                 apiClient = new ApiClient(buildOkHttpClient(proxyConfig));
-                if(host!=null && !host.isEmpty()) {
-                    config.setHost(host);
-                    apiClient.setBasePath(host);
-                }
             }
+
+            // Host must be applied regardless of which OkHttpClient path was used above,
+            // otherwise an explicitly configured host is silently ignored whenever a
+            // customOkHttpClient is also supplied. See https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-java-client/issues/192
+            if (host != null && !host.isEmpty()) {
+                config.setHost(host);
+                apiClient.setBasePath(host);
+            }
+
             apiClient.setApiKey(config.getApiKey());
             apiClient.setUserAgent(config.getUserAgent());
             apiClient.addDefaultHeader("X-Pinecone-Api-Version", Configuration.VERSION);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/pinecone/PineconeBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/io/pinecone/PineconeBuilderTest.java
index 9557f973..8148bc69 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/pinecone/PineconeBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/pinecone/PineconeBuilderTest.java
@@ -78,6 +78,36 @@ public void PineconeWithOkHttpClientAndUserAgent() throws IOException {
         assertEquals("lang=java; pineconeClientVersion=" + pineconeClientVersion, requestCaptor.getValue().header("User-Agent"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void PineconeWithHostAndCustomOkHttpClientUsesHost() throws IOException {
+        // Regression test for https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-java-client/issues/192 --
+        // withHost(...) must still be honored when a custom OkHttpClient is also supplied.
+        String filePath = "src/test/resources/serverlessIndexJsonString.json";
+        String indexJsonStringServerless = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath)));
+
+        AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<Call, OkHttpClient> mockCallAndClient =
+                buildMockCallAndClient(ResponseBody.create(
+                        indexJsonStringServerless,
+                        MediaType.parse("application/json")));
+
+        OkHttpClient mockClient = mockCallAndClient.getValue();
+
+        Pinecone client = new Pinecone.Builder("testAPiKey")
+                .withHost("http://my-custom-host:5080")
+                .withOkHttpClient(mockClient)
+                .build();
+        // Create expected index after client creation to ensure JSON class is initialized
+        IndexModel expectedIndex = IndexModel.fromJson(indexJsonStringServerless);
+        IndexModel index = client.describeIndex("testIndex");
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<Request> requestCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Request.class);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedIndex, index);
+        verify(mockClient, times(1)).newCall(requestCaptor.capture());
+        assertEquals("my-custom-host", requestCaptor.getValue().url().host());
+        assertEquals(5080, requestCaptor.getValue().url().port());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void PineconeWithSourceTag()  throws IOException {
         String filePath = "src/test/resources/serverlessIndexJsonString.json";