diff --git a/couchpotato/runner.py b/couchpotato/runner.py
index 371525829c34349b1d21aff9f42f177ec109cdf1..66a524cca94d1e7fd6730e441290a38a166ed8b7 100644
--- a/couchpotato/runner.py
+++ b/couchpotato/runner.py
@@ -209,11 +209,12 @@ def runCouchPotato(options, base_path, args, data_dir = None, log_dir = None, En
 
     # Basic config
     app.secret_key = api_key
+    host = Env.setting('host', default = '0.0.0.0')
     # app.debug = development
     config = {
         'use_reloader': reloader,
         'port': tryInt(Env.setting('port', default = 5000)),
-        'host': Env.setting('host', default = ''),
+        'host': host if host and len(host) > 0 else '0.0.0.0',
         'ssl_cert': Env.setting('ssl_cert', default = None),
         'ssl_key': Env.setting('ssl_key', default = None),
     }