diff --git a/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/deploy/endpoint_fab.py b/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/deploy/endpoint_fab.py
index ea86b8b..ceece00 100644
--- a/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/deploy/endpoint_fab.py
+++ b/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/deploy/endpoint_fab.py
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
     parser.add_argument('--hostname', type=str, default='')
     parser.add_argument('--os_user', type=str, default='dlab-user')
     parser.add_argument('--cloud_provider', type=str, default='')
-    parser.add_argument('--mongo_host', type=str, default='MONGO_HOST')
+    parser.add_argument('--mongo_host', type=str, default='localhost')
     parser.add_argument('--mongo_port', type=str, default='27017')
     parser.add_argument('--ss_host', type=str, default='')
     parser.add_argument('--ss_port', type=str, default='8443')
diff --git a/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/dlab.py b/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/dlab.py
index 6a70788..24c186e 100644
--- a/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/dlab.py
+++ b/infrastructure-provisioning/terraform/bin/dlab.py
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@
          .add_bool('--billing_enable', 'Billing enable', group='endpoint', default=False)
          .add_str('--billing_dataset_name', 'Billing dataset name', group='endpoint')
          .add_str('--mongo_password', 'Mongo database password', group='endpoint')
-         .add_str('--mongo_host', 'Mongo database host', group='endpoint')
+         .add_str('--mongo_host', 'Mongo database host', group='endpoint', default='localhost')
          )
         return params.build()