diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/deploy.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/deploy.html.md
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Starting a local Consul instance takes only a few minutes. Just follow the
 up to the point where you have installed Consul and started it with this command:
 
 ```shell
-$ consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 -data-dir /tmp/consul
+$ consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 -data-dir /tmp/consul -bind 127.0.0.1
 ```
 
 ## Starting the Server