diff --git a/roles/slurmdb/templates/slurmdbd.conf.j2 b/roles/slurmdb/templates/slurmdbd.conf.j2
index 2309481cdf73a67f7aaec8f07be0a407b9ca134e..fb5e8197925c61bdd413da0c9f50986499b4674b 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb/templates/slurmdbd.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/slurmdb/templates/slurmdbd.conf.j2
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PidFile=/var/run/slurmdbd.pid
 #
 # Database info
 StorageType=accounting_storage/mysql
-StorageHost={{ slurmctrl }}
+StorageHost=localhost
 #StoragePort=1234
 StoragePass={{ slurmdb_passwd }}
 StorageUser=slurmdb