diff --git a/grin/src/types.rs b/grin/src/types.rs
index 966ad7e6b..22889c5e2 100644
--- a/grin/src/types.rs
+++ b/grin/src/types.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl Default for ServerConfig {
 	fn default() -> ServerConfig {
 		ServerConfig {
 			db_root: ".grin".to_string(),
-			api_http_addr: "127.0.0.1:13415".to_string(),
+			api_http_addr: "0.0.0.0:13415".to_string(),
 			capabilities: p2p::FULL_NODE,
 			seeding_type: Seeding::None,
 			seeds: None,
diff --git a/p2p/src/types.rs b/p2p/src/types.rs
index e5b5493d0..284b59eb7 100644
--- a/p2p/src/types.rs
+++ b/p2p/src/types.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub struct P2PConfig {
 /// Default address for peer-to-peer connections.
 impl Default for P2PConfig {
 	fn default() -> P2PConfig {
-		let ipaddr = "127.0.0.1".parse().unwrap();
+		let ipaddr = "0.0.0.0".parse().unwrap();
 		P2PConfig {
 			host: ipaddr,
 			port: 13414,
diff --git a/src/bin/grin.rs b/src/bin/grin.rs
index aa1912f7b..8c90811b5 100644
--- a/src/bin/grin.rs
+++ b/src/bin/grin.rs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ fn server_command(server_args: &ArgMatches, global_config: GlobalConfig) {
 	}
 
 	if let Some(api_port) = server_args.value_of("api_port") {
-		let default_ip = "127.0.0.1";
+		let default_ip = "0.0.0.0";
 		server_config.api_http_addr = format!("{}:{}", default_ip, api_port);
 	}
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ fn wallet_command(wallet_args: &ArgMatches) {
 
 	let mut wallet_config = WalletConfig::default();
 	if let Some(port) = wallet_args.value_of("port") {
-		let default_ip = "127.0.0.1";
+		let default_ip = "0.0.0.0";
 		wallet_config.api_http_addr = format!("{}:{}", default_ip, port);
 	}
 
diff --git a/wallet/src/types.rs b/wallet/src/types.rs
index 269ab85c7..e6db0fd3d 100644
--- a/wallet/src/types.rs
+++ b/wallet/src/types.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl Default for WalletConfig {
 	fn default() -> WalletConfig {
 		WalletConfig {
 			enable_wallet: false,
-			api_http_addr: "127.0.0.1:13416".to_string(),
+			api_http_addr: "0.0.0.0:13416".to_string(),
 			check_node_api_http_addr: "http://127.0.0.1:13413".to_string(),
 			data_file_dir: ".".to_string(),
 		}