diff --git a/data/assets/util/webgui.asset b/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
index acb8c63952..6f32eccd0c 100644
--- a/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
+++ b/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local guiCustomization = asset.require('customization/gui')
 
 -- Select which commit hashes to use for the frontend and backend
 local frontendHash = "f6c17563e5fc3b3e16d18b50e8932f258b34a3bc"
-local backendHash = "408142f26d3fa3d041399fcf58645874589d5b64"
+local backendHash = "84737f9785f12efbb12d2de9d511154c6215fe9c"
 
 local dataProvider = "data.openspaceproject.com/files/webgui"
 
diff --git a/modules/cefwebgui/cefwebguimodule.cpp b/modules/cefwebgui/cefwebguimodule.cpp
index ada5732fde..ecdbfc46b1 100644
--- a/modules/cefwebgui/cefwebguimodule.cpp
+++ b/modules/cefwebgui/cefwebguimodule.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void CefWebGuiModule::internalInitialize(const ghoul::Dictionary& configuration)
         _url = configuration.value<std::string>(GuiUrlInfo.identifier);
     } else {
         WebGuiModule* webGuiModule = global::moduleEngine.module<WebGuiModule>();
-        _url = "http://localhost:" +
+        _url = "http://127.0.0.1:" +
             std::to_string(webGuiModule->port()) + "/#/onscreen";
     }