diff --git a/helper b/helper
index 3752c9b..2883dbc 100644
--- a/helper
+++ b/helper
@@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ git_clone_if_missing() {
 }
 
 #
-# Creates a MariaDB database and user
+# Creates a MariaDB database and user for both localhost and 127.0.0.1
 #
 setup_mariadb() {
-    local mariapwd="$1" dbname="$2" dbuser="$3" dbpass="$4"
+local mariapwd="$1" dbname="$2" dbuser="$3" dbpass="$4"
 
 if [[ -z "$mariapwd" || -z "$dbname" || -z "$dbuser" || -z "$dbpass" ]]; then
-    echo "Error: setup_mariadb requires mariapwd, dbname, dbuser, dbpass"
-    exit 1
+echo "Error: setup_mariadb requires mariapwd, dbname, dbuser, dbpass"
+exit 1
 fi
 
 # Create a temporary MySQL defaults file
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ EOF
 mysql --defaults-extra-file="$tmpfile" <<EOF
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`$dbname\`;
 CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '$dbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$dbpass';
+CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '$dbuser'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY '$dbpass';
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`$dbname\`.* TO '$dbuser'@'localhost';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`$dbname\`.* TO '$dbuser'@'127.0.0.1';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 EOF