diff --git a/libtransport/Config.cpp b/libtransport/Config.cpp
index c18b5f777e798987ddc637c7b9e5529e9bc28c50..6622abe48bab171cfc1ca0e2f3ca532438cdf992 100644
--- a/libtransport/Config.cpp
+++ b/libtransport/Config.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 	m_unregistered.clear();
 	opts.add_options()
 		("service.jid", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Transport Jabber ID")
-		("service.server", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Server to connect to")
+		("service.server", value<std::string>()->default_value("127.0.0.1"), "Server to connect to")
 		("service.password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Password used to auth the server")
 		("service.port", value<int>()->default_value(0), "Port the server is listening on")
 		("service.user", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "The name of user Spectrum runs as.")
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool Config::load(std::istream &ifs, boost::program_options::options_description
 		("service.allowed_servers", value<std::vector<std::string> >()->multitoken(), "Only users from these servers can connect")
 		("service.server_mode", value<bool>()->default_value(false), "True if Spectrum should behave as server")
 		("service.users_per_backend", value<int>()->default_value(100), "Number of users per one legacy network backend")
-		("service.backend_host", value<std::string>()->default_value("localhost"), "Host to bind backend server to")
+		("service.backend_host", value<std::string>()->default_value("127.0.0.1"), "Host to bind backend server to")
 		("service.backend_port", value<std::string>()->default_value("0"), "Port to bind backend server to")
 		("service.cert", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "PKCS#12 Certificate.")
 		("service.cert_password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "PKCS#12 Certificate password.")