diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 043d5530e..c6cb783b7 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DB_CONNECTION=nntmux
 DB_SYSTEM=mysql
-DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_SOCKET=
 DB_USER=
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 26ca0b733..9f42f629f 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2017-09-01 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Update database connection settings
 	* Chg: Update Movie class
 	* Chg: Remove now unused nntmux/db/Settings class
 	* Chg: Rename Models/Settings value function into settingValue to prevent collision with query builder value response
diff --git a/config/nntmux.php b/config/nntmux.php
index ada701985..c77a4f8aa 100644
--- a/config/nntmux.php
+++ b/config/nntmux.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $capsule = new Capsule;
 
 $capsule->addConnection([
 	'driver' => env('DB_SYSTEM'),
-	'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
+	'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
 	'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
 	'database' => env('DB_NAME', 'nntmux'),
 	'username' => env('DB_USER', 'root'),