diff --git a/service.mqtt/resources/settings.xml b/service.mqtt/resources/settings.xml
index 30dc1d09221c8bb2eaf72c38e7768aae277446db..a0da45ef22c787073e463fb8bf53d88a70e4e588 100644
--- a/service.mqtt/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/service.mqtt/resources/settings.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <settings>
     <category label="30001">
-        <setting label="30011" type="ipaddress"   id="mqtthost" default="127.0.0.1"/>
+        <setting label="30011" type="text"   id="mqtthost" default="127.0.0.1"/>
         <setting label="30012" type="number"   id="mqttport" default="1883"/>
         <setting label="30013" type="text" id="mqtttopic" default="kodi/"/>
     </category>