diff --git a/src/emuvim/cli/prometheus.py b/src/emuvim/cli/prometheus.py
index 8d87d89..26f18bf 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/cli/prometheus.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/cli/prometheus.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 import urllib2
 import ast
 
-prometheus_ip = '0.0.0.0'
+# set this to localhost for now
+# this is correct for son-emu started outside of a container or as a container with net=host
+prometheus_ip = '127.0.0.1'
 prometheus_port = '9090'
 prometheus_REST_api = 'http://{0}:{1}'.format(prometheus_ip, prometheus_port)
 
diff --git a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
index 8db10da..f34b37c 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/monitoring.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     def __init__(self, net):
         self.net = net
 
-        prometheus_ip = '0.0.0.0'
+        prometheus_ip = '127.0.0.1'
         prometheus_port = '9090'
         self.prometheus_REST_api = 'http://{0}:{1}'.format(prometheus_ip, prometheus_port)