diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d1c2b535..1d7210dd 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Basic configuration
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
-MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/rowboat
+MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING=mongodb://host.docker.internal:27017/rowboat
 OPENAI_API_KEY=<OPENAI_API_KEY>