diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 499548e..5a8bbf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ useful if you are manually installing TubeSync in some other environment. These
 | DJANGO_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME | Django's FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME                                   | /somepath                            |
 | TUBESYNC_DEBUG           | Enable debugging                                             | True                                 |
 | TUBESYNC_WORKERS         | Number of background workers, default is 2, max allowed is 8 | 2                                    |
-| TUBESYNC_HOSTS           | Django's ALLOWED_HOSTS                                       | tubesync.example.com,otherhost.com   |
+| TUBESYNC_HOSTS           | Django's ALLOWED_HOSTS, defaults to `*`                      | tubesync.example.com,otherhost.com   |
 | GUNICORN_WORKERS         | Number of gunicorn workers to spawn                          | 3                                    |
 | LISTEN_HOST              | IP address for gunicorn to listen on                         | 127.0.0.1                            |
 | LISTEN_PORT              | Port number for gunicorn to listen on                        | 8080                                 |
diff --git a/tubesync/tubesync/local_settings.py.container b/tubesync/tubesync/local_settings.py.container
index b1fab19..fbb50d6 100644
--- a/tubesync/tubesync/local_settings.py.container
+++ b/tubesync/tubesync/local_settings.py.container
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DOWNLOADS_BASE_DIR = ROOT_DIR / 'downloads'
 SECRET_KEY = str(os.getenv('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', 'tubesync-django-secret'))
 
 
-ALLOWED_HOSTS_STR = str(os.getenv('TUBESYNC_HOSTS', '127.0.0.1,localhost'))
+ALLOWED_HOSTS_STR = str(os.getenv('TUBESYNC_HOSTS', '*'))
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ALLOWED_HOSTS_STR.split(',')
 DEBUG = True if os.getenv('TUBESYNC_DEBUG', False) else False
 FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = os.getenv('DJANGO_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME', None)