diff --git a/admin/Gemfile b/admin/Gemfile
index 1a24731d2..a809dd0ee 100644
--- a/admin/Gemfile
+++ b/admin/Gemfile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ gem 'iso-639'
 gem 'rubyzip'
 gem 'sanitize'
 gem 'slim'
-gem 'influxdb'
+#gem 'influxdb'
 gem 'cause' # needed by influxdb
 gem 'influxdb-rails', '0.1.10'
 gem 'recurly'
diff --git a/web/Gemfile b/web/Gemfile
index 6e7c0966b..8a5ce3885 100644
--- a/web/Gemfile
+++ b/web/Gemfile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ gem 'htmlentities'
 gem 'sanitize'
 gem 'recurly'
 #gem 'guard', '2.7.3'
-gem 'influxdb' #, '0.1.8'
+#gem 'influxdb' #, '0.1.8'
 gem 'cause' # needed by influxdb
 gem 'influxdb-rails'# , '0.1.10'
 gem 'sitemap_generator'
diff --git a/websocket-gateway/Gemfile b/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
index 958e9a150..4c1927cc6 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
+++ b/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ gem 'iso-639'
 gem 'language_list'
 gem 'rubyzip'
 gem 'sanitize'
-gem 'influxdb'
+#gem 'influxdb'
 gem 'cause' # needed by influxdb
 gem 'recurly'
 gem 'sendgrid_toolkit', '>= 1.1.1'
diff --git a/websocket-gateway/config/application.yml b/websocket-gateway/config/application.yml
index 6c936b7d7..4a5d92a15 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/config/application.yml
+++ b/websocket-gateway/config/application.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ development:
   port: 6767
   verbose: true
   emwebsocket_debug: false
-  rabbitmq_host: localhost
+  rabbitmq_host: 127.0.0.1
   rabbitmq_port: 5672
   <<: *defaults