diff --git a/molo/core/cookiecutter/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.directory}}/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/settings/dev.py b/molo/core/cookiecutter/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.directory}}/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/settings/dev.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/molo/core/cookiecutter/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.directory}}/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/settings/dev.py
+++ b/molo/core/cookiecutter/scaffold/{{cookiecutter.directory}}/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/settings/dev.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DEBUG = True
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+    '127.0.0.1',
     'localhost',
     '.localhost',
 ]
add <I> to dev allowed hosts