diff --git a/cfg.sample.py b/cfg.sample.py
index ee57bb6e0..160272446 100644
--- a/cfg.sample.py
+++ b/cfg.sample.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ users_dir = os.path.join(data_dir, "users")
 product_name = "Plinth"
 box_name = "FreedomBox"
 
-host = 127.0.0.1
+host = "127.0.0.1"
 port = 8000
 
 ## Do not edit below this line ##
diff --git a/plinth.py b/plinth.py
index d2a3e3ed4..6c197463c 100755
--- a/plinth.py
+++ b/plinth.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def setup():
 
 def main():
    setup()
-   print "localhost %d" % cfg.port
+   print "%s %d" % (cfg.host, cfg.port)
 
    cherrypy.engine.start()
    cherrypy.engine.block()