diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index 41a56ffd..81a736d0 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host. Fail2ban will not
 # ban a host which matches an address in this list. Several addresses can be
 # defined using space separator.
-ignoreip = 127.0.0.1
+ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8
 
 # "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
 bantime  = 600