diff --git a/.env_dist b/.env_dist
index f79e0a2147032a51edc9bb453163f00d50bdcebd..77eb68f731eb584245173e5048e7b15df422c72e 100644
--- a/.env_dist
+++ b/.env_dist
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ TARGET_ENV=development
 PORT=3000
 DB_USER=sigma
 DB_PASSWD=sigmapw
-DB_HOST=129.201.104.10
+DB_HOST=localhost
+#DB_HOST=129.201.104.10 # for remote database
 #DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 # for devs using a port forwarding
 FRONTEND_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8888
 #LDAP_URI= (loaded from ldap_config.json!)