diff --git a/.travis/mysql_settings.py b/.travis/mysql_settings.py
index e654d5ea89..8a28faebf3 100644
--- a/.travis/mysql_settings.py
+++ b/.travis/mysql_settings.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ DATABASES = {
         "NAME": "evennia",
         "USER": "evennia",
         "PASSWORD": "password",
-        "HOST": "localhost",
-        "PORT": "",  # use default port
+        "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+        "PORT": "3306",  # use default port
         "OPTIONS": {
             "charset": "utf8mb4",
             "init_command": "set collation_connection=utf8mb4_unicode_ci",