diff --git a/graylog2-web-interface/README.md b/graylog2-web-interface/README.md
index 2434e8d789dc..0bef54fcb3c3 100644
--- a/graylog2-web-interface/README.md
+++ b/graylog2-web-interface/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@
 
 The `yarn start` (or `disable_plugins=true yarn start`) command will run an [Express](http://expressjs.com) web server which is configured to do a full page reload in your browser every time that you save a file. This ensures that you will always use the latest version of your code.
 
-You can start the development server in any other port that you like. To do so, use the `--port=<port>` option, e.g. `yarn start --port=8000` will start the development server in port 8000 instead of the default 8080. The server will also pick a random port if the port is already taken, so you don't need to worry if another process is already using that port.
+### Run development server in a different host and port
 
-We mainly develop using IntelliJ or WebStorm. If you also decide to use them to work in Graylog, enable `React JSX` as Javascript language version to support the JSX language extension. This setting was called `JSX harmony` before, and it is available in one or the other form since IntelliJ 14 and WebStorm 9.
+You can start the development server in any other host and port that you like:
+
+- Use the `--host=<hostname>` option to change the default host the development server uses. The default host is `127.0.0.1`
+- Use the `--port=<port>` option to change the default port number the development server uses. The default value is `8080`. The server will pick a random port if the port you try to use is already in use
+
+E.g. `yarn start --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000` will start the development server in all available network interfaces using the port 8000.
 
 ## Frontend documentation and component gallery
 There's an online version of the frontend documentation and component gallery at:
@@ -33,6 +38,10 @@ You may also run the documentation locally to contribute to it or see a differen
 1. Run `yarn run docs:server`
 1. Go to [http://localhost:6060](http://localhost:6060) on your favourite browser to see the local documentation
 
+## Configure your editor
+
+We mainly develop using IntelliJ or WebStorm. If you also decide to use them to work in Graylog, enable `React JSX` as Javascript language version to support the JSX language extension. This setting was called `JSX harmony` before, and it is available in one or the other form since IntelliJ 14 and WebStorm 9.
+
 ## Update Javascript dependencies
 
 1. Update a single dependency
diff --git a/graylog2-web-interface/devServer.js b/graylog2-web-interface/devServer.js
index bec580447d4a..c8f1d909adff 100644
--- a/graylog2-web-interface/devServer.js
+++ b/graylog2-web-interface/devServer.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const webpackDevMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
 const webpackHotMiddleware = require('webpack-hot-middleware');
 const webpackConfig = require('./webpack.bundled');
 
+const DEFAULT_HOST = '127.0.0.1';
 const DEFAULT_PORT = 8080;
 
 const app = express();
@@ -39,15 +40,17 @@ app.use(webpackHotMiddleware(appCompiler));
 const server = http.createServer(app);
 
 const argv = yargs.argv;
+const host = argv.host || DEFAULT_HOST;
+const port = argv.port || DEFAULT_PORT;
 
 server
-  .listen(argv.port || DEFAULT_PORT, () => {
-    console.log(`Graylog web interface listening on port ${server.address().port}!\n`);
+  .listen(port, host, () => {
+    console.log(`Graylog web interface listening on http://${server.address().address}:${server.address().port}!\n`);
   })
   .on('error', (error) => {
     if (error.code === 'EADDRINUSE') {
-      console.error(`Port ${argv.port || DEFAULT_PORT} already in use, will use a random one instead...`);
-      server.listen(0);
+      console.error(`Address http://${host}:${port} already in use, will use a random one instead...`);
+      server.listen(0, host);
     } else {
       throw error;
     }