diff --git a/node-ipc.js b/node-ipc.js
index 5c4c9d7..fc573d5 100644
--- a/node-ipc.js
+++ b/node-ipc.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ colors.setTheme(
 var defaults={
     appspace        : 'app.',
     socketRoot      : '/tmp/',
-    networkHost     : 'localhost',
+    networkHost     : '127.0.0.1',
     networkPort     : 8000,
     id              : os.hostname(),
     encoding        : 'utf8',
@@ -295,4 +295,4 @@ function connectNet(id,host,port,callback){
     callback(ipc);
 }
 
-module.exports=ipc;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports=ipc;