diff --git a/src_backend_python/tabloo/server.py b/src_backend_python/tabloo/server.py
index 48d41fe..7fddbff 100644
--- a/src_backend_python/tabloo/server.py
+++ b/src_backend_python/tabloo/server.py
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ def index():
     return redirect("index.html")
 
 
-def serve(df, open_browser, server_port=5000, server_logging=True, debug=False):
+def serve(df, open_browser, server_host="127.0.0.1", server_port=5000, server_logging=True, debug=False):
     # TODO: We may add some auto port handling like this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5089963/1804173
-
-    url = "http://127.0.0.1:{0}".format(server_port)
+    
+    url = "http://{0}:{1}".format(server_host, server_port)
 
     global backend
     backend = Backend(df)
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def serve(df, open_browser, server_port=5000, server_logging=True, debug=False):
 
     app.run(
         port=server_port,
+        host=server_host,
         debug=debug,
         use_reloader=debug,
         processes=1,
diff --git a/src_backend_python/tabloo/tabloo.py b/src_backend_python/tabloo/tabloo.py
index a2c1709..74457e6 100644
--- a/src_backend_python/tabloo/tabloo.py
+++ b/src_backend_python/tabloo/tabloo.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 def show(
         df,
         open_browser=True,
+        server_host="127.0.0.1",
         server_port=5000,
         server_logging=False,
-        debug=False,
-    ):
+        debug=False):
     """
     Runs a Tabloo app on a given dataframe.
 
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def show(
     server.serve(
         df=df,
         open_browser=open_browser,
+        server_host=server_host,
         server_port=server_port,
         server_logging=server_logging,
         debug=debug,
diff --git a/src_frontend/store_backend.ts b/src_frontend/store_backend.ts
index 62a2d10..747a832 100644
--- a/src_frontend/store_backend.ts
+++ b/src_frontend/store_backend.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ function transformValue(x: any): any {
 }
 
 export class StoreBackend implements StoreInterface {
-  url = "http://localhost:5000";
+  // TODO: this needs to be dynamic
+  url = "http://127.0.0.1:5000";
 
   async fetchColumns(): Promise<string[]> {
     const response = await axios.get(`${this.url}/api/get_columns`);