diff --git a/hanabi/database/database.py b/hanabi/database/database.py
index 01ef57e..fa86456 100644
--- a/hanabi/database/database.py
+++ b/hanabi/database/database.py
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ class DBConnectionManager:
         logger.info("Initialised default config file {}".format(self.config_file))
 
     def connect(self):
-        conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname={} user={} password={}".format(self.db_name, self.db_user, self.db_pass))
+        conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname='{}' user='{}' password='{}' host='localhost".format(
+            self.db_name, self.db_user, self.db_pass)
+        )
         cur = conn.cursor()
         self.lazy_conn.set_conn(conn)
         self.lazy_cur.set_cur(cur)