diff --git a/AKPlanning/settings_production.py b/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
index 5ff746f94c828b3ac69a79038337199263069456..83d7842d50fe525d3f86aa6b1c5fd145ddda417a 100644
--- a/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
+++ b/AKPlanning/settings_production.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
-        'HOST': 'localhost',
+        'HOST': getattr(secrets, "DB_HOST", "localhost"),
         'NAME': secrets.DB_NAME,
         'USER': secrets.DB_USER,
         'PASSWORD': secrets.DB_PASSWORD,
diff --git a/AKPlanning/settings_secrets.py.sample b/AKPlanning/settings_secrets.py.sample
index a051c21e3c3d29ed4d288bf47f1a892b720a6a83..11c7189d5fdfb06a7fbd2bcf35584683fa24facc 100644
--- a/AKPlanning/settings_secrets.py.sample
+++ b/AKPlanning/settings_secrets.py.sample
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ DB_NAME = ''
 
 DB_USER = ''
 
-DB_PASSWORD = ''
\ No newline at end of file
+DB_PASSWORD = ''
+
+# Optional, if not set, localhost is assumed
+# DB_HOST = ''