diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c0711e81..0aa7321ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - #1099, Numbers in json path `?select=data->1->>key` now get treated as json array indexes instead of keys - @steve-chavez
 - #1128, Allow finishing a json path with a single arrow `->`. Now a json can be obtained without resorting to casting, Previously: `/json_arr?select=data->>2::json`, now: `/json_arr?select=data->2` - @steve-chavez
+- #724, Change server-host default of *4 to 127.0.0.1
 
 ## [0.5.0.0] - 2018-05-14
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index c5d7a8289..c31237a89 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ENV PGRST_DB_URI= \
     PGRST_DB_SCHEMA=public \
     PGRST_DB_ANON_ROLE= \
     PGRST_DB_POOL=100 \
-    PGRST_SERVER_HOST=*4 \
+    PGRST_SERVER_HOST="127.0.0.1" \
     PGRST_SERVER_PORT=3000 \
     PGRST_SERVER_PROXY_URI= \
     PGRST_JWT_SECRET= \
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Config.hs b/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
index 8af03deaf..dc9c49ade 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Config.hs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ readOptions = do
           <*> C.key "db-anon-role"
           <*> (mfilter (/= "") <$> C.key "server-proxy-uri")
           <*> C.key "db-schema"
-          <*> (fromMaybe "*4" . mfilter (/= "") <$> C.key "server-host")
+          <*> (fromMaybe "127.0.0.1" . mfilter (/= "") <$> C.key "server-host")
           <*> (fromMaybe 3000 . join . fmap coerceInt <$> C.key "server-port")
           <*> (fmap encodeUtf8 . mfilter (/= "") <$> C.key "jwt-secret")
           <*> (fromMaybe False . join . fmap coerceBool <$> C.key "secret-is-base64")
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ readOptions = do
           |db-anon-role = "postgres"
           |db-pool = 10
           |
-          |server-host = "*4"
+          |server-host = "127.0.0.1"
           |server-port = 3000
           |
           |## base url for swagger output
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/base64-secret-from-file.config b/test/io-tests/configs/base64-secret-from-file.config
index 98e116b76..295d27cd4 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/base64-secret-from-file.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/base64-secret-from-file.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ db-uri = "postgres:///postgrest_test"
 db-schema = "test"
 db-anon-role = "postgrest_test_anonymous"
 db-pool = 1
-server-host = "*4"
+server-host = "127.0.0.1"
 server-port = 49421
 
 # Read secret from a file: /dev/stdin (alias for standard input)
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/role-claim-key.config b/test/io-tests/configs/role-claim-key.config
index 10ca1a00d..e6fbee669 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/role-claim-key.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/role-claim-key.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ db-uri = "postgres:///postgrest_test"
 db-schema = "test"
 db-anon-role = "postgrest_test_anonymous"
 db-pool = 1
-server-host = "*4"
+server-host = "127.0.0.1"
 server-port = 49421
 role-claim-key = "$(ROLE_CLAIM_KEY)"
 jwt-secret = "reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe"
diff --git a/test/io-tests/configs/secret-from-file.config b/test/io-tests/configs/secret-from-file.config
index 26a71112f..00f703e77 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/configs/secret-from-file.config
+++ b/test/io-tests/configs/secret-from-file.config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ db-uri = "postgres:///postgrest_test"
 db-schema = "test"
 db-anon-role = "postgrest_test_anonymous"
 db-pool = 1
-server-host = "*4"
+server-host = "127.0.0.1"
 server-port = 49421
 
 # Read secret from a file: /dev/stdin (alias for standard input)
diff --git a/test/memory-tests/config b/test/memory-tests/config
index 31ba9d368..53979bdf2 100644
--- a/test/memory-tests/config
+++ b/test/memory-tests/config
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ db-uri = "postgres:///postgrest_test"
 db-schema = "test"
 db-anon-role = "postgrest_test_anonymous"
 db-pool = 1
-server-host = "*4"
+server-host = "127.0.0.1"
 server-port = 49421
 
 jwt-secret = "reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe"