diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2 b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
index c822899ae2..1ff4821a87 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/templates/settings.py.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ stg_resultsdb_db_user }}:{{
 {% endif %}
 {%- if deployment_type == 'local' or deployment_type == 'dev'%}
 SECRET_KEY = '{{ resultsdb_secret_key }}'
-SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ resultsdb_db_password }}@127.0.0.1:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'postgresql+psycopg2://{{ resultsdb_db_user }}:{{ resultsdb_db_password }}@{{ resultsdb_db_host_machine }}:{{ resultsdb_db_port }}/{{ resultsdb_db_name }}'
 {% endif %}
 FILE_LOGGING = False
 LOGFILR = '/var/log/resultsdb/resultsdb.log'