diff --git a/docs/Examples/AsyncResponse/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/AsyncResponse/Main.purs
index 8206939..79192b9 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/AsyncResponse/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/AsyncResponse/Main.purs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ router { route: SayHello } = readTextFile UTF8 filePath >>= ok
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/BinaryRequest/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/BinaryRequest/Main.purs
index c58eb8a..bec340c 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/BinaryRequest/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/BinaryRequest/Main.purs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ router { body } = toBuffer body >>= sha256sum >>> ok
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/BinaryResponse/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/BinaryResponse/Main.purs
index 79e910e..5c6072a 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/BinaryResponse/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/BinaryResponse/Main.purs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ router = const $ readFile filePath >>= ok' responseHeaders
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/Chunked/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/Chunked/Main.purs
index 85ffba2..53c1a83 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/Chunked/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/Chunked/Main.purs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ router = const $ runScript "echo 'hello '; sleep 1; echo 'world!'" >>= ok
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/CustomStack/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/CustomStack/Main.purs
index dd9388f..c73a6cc 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/CustomStack/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/CustomStack/Main.purs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sayHello _ = do
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router: readerMiddleware sayHello }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router: readerMiddleware sayHello }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/Headers/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/Headers/Main.purs
index 4984a93..50457de 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/Headers/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/Headers/Main.purs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ router { headers } = ok' responseHeaders $ headers !@ "X-Input"
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/HelloWorld/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/HelloWorld/Main.purs
index e23ac41..d607c83 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/HelloWorld/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/HelloWorld/Main.purs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ route = RD.root $ RG.sum
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router: const $ ok "hello world!" }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router: const $ ok "hello world!" }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/JsonParsing/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/JsonParsing/Main.purs
index 7b1c607..dad1e09 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/JsonParsing/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/JsonParsing/Main.purs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ testEncoder = JsonEncoder $ \{ hello } -> "{\"hello\": \"" <> hello <> "\" }"
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   router { route: SayHello, method: Post, body } = usingCont do
     -- in your project you will want to use Argonaut.jsonDecoder from httpurple-argonaut
diff --git a/docs/Examples/Middleware/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/Middleware/Main.purs
index 70b4e8f..11c83f6 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/Middleware/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/Middleware/Main.purs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ middlewareStack = loggingMiddleware <<< headerMiddleware <<< pathMiddleware
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route: middlewareRoute <+> sayHelloRoute, router: middlewareStack sayHello }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route: middlewareRoute <+> sayHelloRoute, router: middlewareStack sayHello }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/MultiRoute/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/MultiRoute/Main.purs
index e8bb0b6..6a1ba71 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/MultiRoute/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/MultiRoute/Main.purs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ router { route: GoodBye } = ok "goodbye"
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/PathSegments/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/PathSegments/Main.purs
index 94e7b46..d6f2dc5 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/PathSegments/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/PathSegments/Main.purs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ router { route: ManySegments elems } = ok $ show elems
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/Post/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/Post/Main.purs
index 5a1374f..a360eb0 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/Post/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/Post/Main.purs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ router _ = notFound
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted = do
     log " ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐"
diff --git a/docs/Examples/QueryParameters/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/QueryParameters/Main.purs
index 9405602..01b4dd3 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/QueryParameters/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/QueryParameters/Main.purs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ router _ = notFound
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, onStarted } { route, router }
   where
   onStarted :: Effect Unit
   onStarted = do
diff --git a/docs/Examples/SSL/Main.purs b/docs/Examples/SSL/Main.purs
index 02645ae..43299e6 100644
--- a/docs/Examples/SSL/Main.purs
+++ b/docs/Examples/SSL/Main.purs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sayHello _ = ok "hello world!"
 -- | Boot up the server
 main :: ServerM
 main =
-  serve { port: 8080, certFile: cert, keyFile: key, onStarted } { route, router: sayHello }
+  serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, certFile: cert, keyFile: key, onStarted } { route, router: sayHello }
   where
   onStarted =
     do
diff --git a/test/Test/HTTPurple/ServerSpec.purs b/test/Test/HTTPurple/ServerSpec.purs
index 3576365..59e3e20 100644
--- a/test/Test/HTTPurple/ServerSpec.purs
+++ b/test/Test/HTTPurple/ServerSpec.purs
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ serveSpec :: Test
 serveSpec =
   describe "serve" do
     it "boots a server on the given port" do
-      close <- liftEffect $ serve { port: 8080 } { route, router: mockRouter }
+      close <- liftEffect $ serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080 } { route, router: mockRouter }
       out <- get 8080 empty "/test"
       liftEffect $ close $ pure unit
       out ?= "/test"
     it "responds with a 500 upon unhandled exceptions" do
       let router _ = throwError $ error "fail!"
-      close <- liftEffect $ serve { port: 8080 } { route, router }
+      close <- liftEffect $ serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080 } { route, router }
       status <- getStatus 8080 empty "/test"
       liftEffect $ close $ pure unit
       status ?= 500
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ serveSecureSpec =
       it "boots a server on the given port" do
         close <-
           liftEffect
-            $ serve { port: 8080, certFile: "./test/Mocks/Certificate.cer", keyFile: "./test/Mocks/Key.key" } { route, router: mockRouter }
+            $ serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, certFile: "./test/Mocks/Certificate.cer", keyFile: "./test/Mocks/Key.key" } { route, router: mockRouter }
         out <- get' 8080 empty "/test"
         liftEffect $ close $ pure unit
         out ?= "/test"
     describe "with invalid key and cert files" do
       it "throws" do
         expectError $ liftEffect
-          $ serve { port: 8080, certFile: "", keyFile: "" } { route, router: mockRouter }
+          $ serve { hostname: "localhost", port: 8080, certFile: "", keyFile: "" } { route, router: mockRouter }
 
 serveSecure'Spec :: Test
 serveSecure'Spec =