diff --git a/apps/ops/ansible/inventory.py b/apps/ops/ansible/inventory.py
index 9c0d03849..653c5f40d 100644
--- a/apps/ops/ansible/inventory.py
+++ b/apps/ops/ansible/inventory.py
@@ -270,8 +270,13 @@ class JMSInventory:
             name = host.pop('name')
             name = name.replace('[', '_').replace(']', '_')
             data['all']['hosts'][name] = host
-        if self.exclude_localhost and data['all']['hosts'].__contains__('localhost'):
-            data['all']['hosts'].update({'localhost': {'ansible_host': '255.255.255.255'}})
+        if not self.exclude_localhost:
+            data['all']['hosts'].update({
+                'localhost': {
+                    'ansible_host': '127.0.0.1',
+                    'ansible_connection': 'local'
+                }
+            })
         return data
 
     def write_to_file(self, path):
diff --git a/apps/ops/models/job.py b/apps/ops/models/job.py
index 06a858bd6..3cd63e293 100644
--- a/apps/ops/models/job.py
+++ b/apps/ops/models/job.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ def get_parent_keys(key, include_self=True):
 
 class JMSPermedInventory(JMSInventory):
     def __init__(self, assets, account_policy='privileged_first',
-                 account_prefer='root,Administrator', host_callback=None, exclude_localhost=False, user=None):
-        super().__init__(assets, account_policy, account_prefer, host_callback, exclude_localhost)
+                 account_prefer='root,Administrator', host_callback=None, user=None):
+        super().__init__(assets, account_policy, account_prefer, host_callback, exclude_localhost=True)
         self.user = user
         self.assets_accounts_mapper = self.get_assets_accounts_mapper()