diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
index 79b305d..8caca9b 100644
--- a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/gitlab.yml.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 production: &base
   gitlab:
-    host: localhost
+    host: softwarepublico.dev
     relative_url_root: /gitlab
     port: 80 # Set to 443 if using HTTPS
     https: false # Set to true if using HTTPS
diff --git a/test/gitlab_test.sh b/test/gitlab_test.sh
index 9ae5e3f..10ddb45 100644
--- a/test/gitlab_test.sh
+++ b/test/gitlab_test.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ test_static_content_served_correctly() {
   assertTrue 'gitlab static content served by nginx' "run_on integration curl --head http://localhost:8081/gitlab/assets/$file | grep 'Content-Type: text/css'"
 }
 
+test_redirects_to_the_correct_host() {
+  redirect=$(curl-host softwarepublico.dev --head https://softwarepublico.dev/gitlab/dashboard/projects | grep Location:)
+  assertEquals "Location: https://softwarepublico.dev/gitlab/users/sign_in" "$redirect"
+}
+
 . shunit2
--
libgit2 0.21.2