diff --git a/locust/templates/index.html b/locust/templates/index.html
index 2da3c24db9..c87e017654 100644
--- a/locust/templates/index.html
+++ b/locust/templates/index.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                 <div class="top_box box_url">
                     <div class="label">HOST</div>
                     <div class="value" id="host_url">
-						<a id="host_url_link" href="" target="_blank"><span id="host_url_link_value"></span></a>
+						<a id="host_url_link" href="" target="_blank"><span id="host_url_link_value">{{host}}</span></a>
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="top_box box_status">
diff --git a/locust/web.py b/locust/web.py
index 8995b4052c..590fbe8b8f 100644
--- a/locust/web.py
+++ b/locust/web.py
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ def update_template_args(self):
             "is_distributed": is_distributed,
             "user_count": self.environment.runner.user_count,
             "version": version,
-            "host": host,
+            "host": host if host else "",
             "history": stats.history if stats.num_requests > 0 else {},
             "override_host_warning": override_host_warning,
             "num_users": options and options.num_users,