diff --git a/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml b/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
index ede07f1f94..1da39b2b53 100644
--- a/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/installer/roles/local_docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ postgresql_image: "postgres:{{postgresql_version}}"
 
 memcached_image: "memcached"
 memcached_version: "alpine"
-memcached_host: "memcached"
+memcached_hostname: "memcached"
 memcached_port: "11211"
 
diff --git a/installer/roles/local_docker/templates/credentials.py.j2 b/installer/roles/local_docker/templates/credentials.py.j2
index 7e8e4cbb0a..73951ca803 100644
--- a/installer/roles/local_docker/templates/credentials.py.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/local_docker/templates/credentials.py.j2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
 CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
-        'LOCATION': '{}:{}'.format("{{ memcached_host }}", "{{ memcached_port }}")
+        'LOCATION': '{}:{}'.format("{{ memcached_hostname }}", "{{ memcached_port }}")
     },
     'ephemeral': {
         'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',