diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 485dee64bcfb48793379b200a1afd14e85a8aaf4..e04276f9e3bc2f358378de53086e308dcf739543 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .idea
+venv
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index e15e6308f470e57d8dadb818e950abffe50e814f..dbbab1e63cd9d7c4dd08eed30a89889c31aab9b8 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, send_file
 from elasticsearch_dsl import connections, Search
+import os 
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
-connections.create_connection(hosts=['34.121.207.248:9200'], timeout=20)
+connections.create_connection(hosts=[os.getenv('ES_HOST', 'localhost')], timeout=20)
 
 
 @app.route('/search')
@@ -43,4 +44,4 @@ def index():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app.debug = True
-    app.run(host="0.0.0.0")
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)