diff --git a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
index aff3cdb..740ac96 100644
--- a/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
+++ b/playbooks/create_droplet.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   connection: local
-  gather_facts: false
+  gather_facts: true
   vars:
     mpdf:
       - 'nyc3-mpdf'
diff --git a/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml b/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
index b96efa1..d4b2fb3 100644
--- a/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
+++ b/playbooks/delete_droplet.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
   connection: local
-  gather_facts: false
+  gather_facts: true
   vars:
     mpdf:
       - 'nyc3-mpdf'
diff --git a/playbooks/mpdb.yaml b/playbooks/mpdb.yaml
index f0423bc..32f97c4 100644
--- a/playbooks/mpdb.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/mpdb.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
-  gather_facts: false
+  gather_facts: true
   vars:
   tasks:
     - name: Install mpdb on hosts
diff --git a/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2 b/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
index 8a0a9b5..603417b 100644
--- a/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/mpdf.conf.j2
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
 # be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using
 # file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol.
 #
+#######need to fix this one too
 music_directory     "nfs://example.com/path/to/your/music/"
+
+"
 database {
-    plugin "proxy"
+    plugin "proxy"   
+    host {{ hostvars[backendhost]['ansible_facts']['eth1']['ipv4']['address'] }}
     host "142.93.181.29"
     port "8888"
     password "password"
diff --git a/playbooks/mpdf.yaml b/playbooks/mpdf.yaml
index ef5a9c3..142ad41 100644
--- a/playbooks/mpdf.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/mpdf.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
-  gather_facts: false
+  gather_facts: true
   vars:
     #we need to loop over the /var/lib/mpd{{ count }} directory for the files/folders below. we need to loop over the stream ports as well 
     count: 5
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     volume_normalization: no
     audio_buffer_size: 2048
     buffer_before_play: "1%"
-  
+    backendhost: "{{ inventory_hostname |replace("f","b") }}"
+      
   tasks:
     - name: Install mpdf on hosts
       apt: