diff --git a/app/scripts/boot.rb b/app/scripts/boot.rb
index 9b6f5b619c..9cc12c0850 100755
--- a/app/scripts/boot.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/boot.rb
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
 `jack_connect SuperCollider:out_2 system:playback_2`
 
 # ensure that the synthdefs have been loaded
-client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
 client.send(OSC::Message.new("/d_loadDir", sp_synthdefs_path))
diff --git a/app/scripts/reload-synthdefs.rb b/app/scripts/reload-synthdefs.rb
index 7c903f53a4..a706bdc297 100755
--- a/app/scripts/reload-synthdefs.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/reload-synthdefs.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 require 'osc-ruby'
 
 load(File.absolute_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/util.rb"))
-client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
 client.send(OSC::Message.new("/d_loadDir", sp_synthdefs_path))
diff --git a/app/scripts/run-code.rb b/app/scripts/run-code.rb
index 75a8cba73d..62a6045348 100755
--- a/app/scripts/run-code.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/run-code.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Spider
 
   def initialize
     spider_log "Inintialising Spider"
-    self.client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+    self.client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
     self.current_synth = "pretty_bell"
     self.current_synth_id = INITIAL_SYNTH_ID
     self.bpm = 60
diff --git a/app/scripts/standalone.rb b/app/scripts/standalone.rb
index eb31dfabe1..fd26519a98 100755
--- a/app/scripts/standalone.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/standalone.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 $current_note = 40
 $system_vol = 1
 
-$client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+$client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
 $debug = false
 
 def debug(msg)
diff --git a/app/scripts/stop-code.rb b/app/scripts/stop-code.rb
index 55cb6477e6..640eb2f6a7 100755
--- a/app/scripts/stop-code.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/stop-code.rb
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 
 SYNTH_GROUP = 1
 
-client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
 client.send(OSC::Message.new("g_freeAll", SYNTH_GROUP))
diff --git a/app/scripts/stop-running-synths.rb b/app/scripts/stop-running-synths.rb
index 6192469158..b295c3a0ce 100755
--- a/app/scripts/stop-running-synths.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/stop-running-synths.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 require 'osc-ruby'
 
 SYNTH_GROUP = 1
-client = OSC::Client.new('localhost', 4556)
+client = OSC::Client.new('127.0.0.1', 4556)
 client.send(OSC::Message.new("/g_freeAll", SYNTH_GROUP))
diff --git a/app/scripts/vendor/osc-ruby/examples/event_machine_server.rb b/app/scripts/vendor/osc-ruby/examples/event_machine_server.rb
index 42d27b3bab..1c2abf91da 100644
--- a/app/scripts/vendor/osc-ruby/examples/event_machine_server.rb
+++ b/app/scripts/vendor/osc-ruby/examples/event_machine_server.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require 'osc-ruby/em_server'
 
 @server = OSC::EMServer.new( 3333 )
-@client = OSC::Client.new( 'localhost', 3333 )
+@client = OSC::Client.new( '127.0.0.1', 3333 )
 
 @server.add_method '/greeting' do | message |
   puts "#{message.ip_address}:#{message.ip_port} -- #{message.address} -- #{message.to_a}"