diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71a0922..fca589d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 * Corrected a spelling error in the file path that the Docker image looks for the JSON configuration.
 * Adjusted the timing of the UpCloud deployment script to better handle timing variation in the cloud service.
 * Fixed a bug in the UpCloud deployment script that manifested when the configuration filepath has spaces in it.
+* Changed `localhost` references to `127.0.0.1` to prevent IPv6 resolution. 
 
 ## [0.3.1]
 ### Added
diff --git a/deployment-scripts/upcloud-deploy.py b/deployment-scripts/upcloud-deploy.py
index 8909f22..7aba149 100644
--- a/deployment-scripts/upcloud-deploy.py
+++ b/deployment-scripts/upcloud-deploy.py
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ def print_help():
 )
 
 # wait for the server to finish booting and installing docker
+print('Waiting 8 minutes for server set up to complete ...')
+time.sleep(60)
 print('Waiting 7 minutes for server set up to complete ...')
 time.sleep(60)
 print('Waiting 6 minutes for server set up to complete ...')