diff --git a/services/web/local-test.env b/services/web/local-test.env
index d596615a79..8417e1b4f8 100644
--- a/services/web/local-test.env
+++ b/services/web/local-test.env
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ PUBSUB_REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 RATELIMITER_REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 GCLOUD_2_REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 POSTGRES_HOST=127.0.0.1
-MONGO_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test-sharelatex
+MONGO_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test-sharelatex?directConnection=true
 SHARELATEX_LDAP_URL=ldap://127.0.0.1:22389
 SAML_BASE_URL_PATH=http://127.0.0.1:22280/simplesaml/
 SHARELATEX_SAML_ENTRYPOINT=http://127.0.0.1:22280/simplesaml/saml2/idp/SSOService.php
 SHARELATEX_SAML_CALLBACK_URL=http://127.0.0.1:22280/saml/callback
 
 COOKIE_DOMAIN=
-PUBLIC_URL=http://127.0.0.1:23000
-HTTP_TEST_HOST=127.0.0.1
+PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:23000
+HTTP_TEST_HOST=localhost
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/config/settings.test.defaults.js b/services/web/test/acceptance/config/settings.test.defaults.js
index 78467726a0..f5e2d79864 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/config/settings.test.defaults.js
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/config/settings.test.defaults.js
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
 
+  mongo: {
+    options: {
+      family: 4,
+    },
+  },
+
   apis: {
     linkedUrlProxy: {
       url: process.env.LINKED_URL_PROXY,