diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index d2d87f2..9937fc9 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const router = require('./router.js');
 
 const port = process.env.PORT || process.env.NODE_PORT || 3000;
 
-const dbURL = process.env.MONGODB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost/FileUpload';
+const dbURL = process.env.MONGODB_URI || 'mongodb://127.0.0.1/FileUpload';
 mongoose.connect(dbURL).catch((err) => {
   if (err) {
     console.log('Could not connect to the database');