diff --git a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub-nginx.conf b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub-nginx.conf
index a9d450c10..32c999261 100644
--- a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub-nginx.conf
+++ b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub-nginx.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 location   /jupyterhub {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        #proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
 
diff --git a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub_config.py b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub_config.py
index 2eba8b290..d78f82f80 100644
--- a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ c.JupyterHub.cookie_secret = b'helloiiabitsrainingb123456789012'
 
 ## url for the database. e.g. `sqlite:///jupyterhub.sqlite`
 #  Default: 'sqlite:///jupyterhub.sqlite'
-# c.JupyterHub.db_url = 'sqlite:///jupyterhub.sqlite'
+c.JupyterHub.db_url = 'sqlite:///{{ jupyterhub_venv }}/jupyterhub.sqlite'
 
 ## log all database transactions. This has A LOT of output
 #  Default: False