diff --git a/lib/couchbase-orm/connection.rb b/lib/couchbase-orm/connection.rb
index f2b34fa5..cda9dc76 100644
--- a/lib/couchbase-orm/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/couchbase-orm/connection.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Connection
         @@config = nil
         def self.config
             @@config || {
-              :connection_string => "couchbase://#{ENV['COUCHBASE_HOST'] || 'localhost'}",
+              :connection_string => "couchbase://#{ENV['COUCHBASE_HOST'] || '127.0.0.1'}",
               :username => ENV['COUCHBASE_USER'],
               :password => ENV['COUCHBASE_PASSWORD'],
               :bucket => ENV['COUCHBASE_BUCKET']