diff --git a/roles/testdays/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/testdays/templates/settings.py.j2
index 215c34855e..6f3b2354de 100644
--- a/roles/testdays/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/testdays/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 RESULTSDB_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1/{{ resultsdb_endpoint }}/api/v1.0'
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ testdays_secret_key }}'
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ testdays_db_user }}:{{ testdays_db_password }}@{{ testdays_db_host }}:{{ testdays_db_port }}/{{ testdays_db_name }}'
+# forcing this to be localhost for now - a bit hacky but with the current resultsdb roles, it'd need a freeze break request to fix properly
+#SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ testdays_db_user }}:{{ testdays_db_password }}@{{ testdays_db_host }}:{{ testdays_db_port }}/{{ testdays_db_name }}'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ testdays_db_user }}:{{ testdays_db_password }}@127.0.0.1:{{ testdays_db_port }}/{{ testdays_db_name }}'
 SHOW_DB_URI = False
 PRODUCTION = True
 FILE_LOGGING = False