diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6877333e108f491484349c6ded935a9b279947b..1d4b8ac1d25777125a992e11ad232a00cda4bda4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ In this project, host-specific settings are defined in the `scipost-host-setting
     "CERTFILE": "none",
     "DEBUG": true,
     "ADMINS": "",
-    "ALLOWED_HOSTS": "['localhost:8000', '127.0.0.1:8000',]",
+    "ALLOWED_HOSTS": ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"],
     "SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE": false,
     "CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE": false,
     "DB_NAME": "scipost",