diff --git a/deluge/ui/signalreceiver.py b/deluge/ui/signalreceiver.py
index a4bba9160..e5954758c 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/signalreceiver.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/signalreceiver.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class SignalReceiver(ThreadingMixIn, SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer):
         
     def start_server(self, port=None):
         # Setup the xmlrpc server
-        host = "localhost"
+        host = "127.0.0.1"
         if self.remote == True:
             host = ""