diff --git a/aore/config/common.py b/aore/config/common.py
index 3261db5..161b529 100644
--- a/aore/config/common.py
+++ b/aore/config/common.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ class basic:
 
 
 class sphinx_conf:
-    host_name = "localhost"
-    port = 9312
+    listen = "127.0.0.1:9312"
     index_addjobj = "idx_fias_addrobj"
     index_sugg = "idx_fias_sugg"
     var_dir = None
diff --git a/aore/config/dev.py b/aore/config/dev.py
index 67ab7f7..2364162 100644
--- a/aore/config/dev.py
+++ b/aore/config/dev.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from .common import *
 
-sphinx_conf.host_name = "localhost"
-sphinx_conf.port = 9312
+sphinx_conf.listen = "127.0.0.1:9312"
 sphinx_conf.var_dir = "C:\\Sphinx"
 
 db_conf.database = "postgres"
diff --git a/aore/fias/search.py b/aore/fias/search.py
index 2b18353..1b96347 100644
--- a/aore/fias/search.py
+++ b/aore/fias/search.py
@@ -25,13 +25,20 @@ class SphinxSearch:
 
     def __init__(self, db):
         self.db = db
+
+        sphinx_host = sphinx_conf.listen
+        sphinx_port = None
+        if ":" in sphinx_conf.listen:
+            sphinx_host, sphinx_port = sphinx_conf.listen.split(":")
+            sphinx_port = int(sphinx_port)
+
         self.client_sugg = sphinxapi.SphinxClient()
-        self.client_sugg.SetServer(sphinx_conf.host_name, sphinx_conf.port)
+        self.client_sugg.SetServer(sphinx_host, sphinx_port)
         self.client_sugg.SetLimits(0, self.max_result)
         self.client_sugg.SetConnectTimeout(3.0)
 
         self.client_show = sphinxapi.SphinxClient()
-        self.client_show.SetServer(sphinx_conf.host_name, sphinx_conf.port)
+        self.client_show.SetServer(sphinx_host, sphinx_port)
         self.client_show.SetLimits(0, self.max_result)
         self.client_show.SetConnectTimeout(3.0)
 
diff --git a/aore/miscutils/sphinx.py b/aore/miscutils/sphinx.py
index 580c6d9..751de25 100644
--- a/aore/miscutils/sphinx.py
+++ b/aore/miscutils/sphinx.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class SphinxHelper:
         if not os.path.exists(folders.temp):
             os.makedirs(folders.temp)
 
-
     def configure_indexer(self, indexer_binary, config_filename):
         logging.info("Start configuring Sphinx...")
         self.index_binary = indexer_binary
@@ -144,7 +143,8 @@ class SphinxHelper:
         out_filename = os.path.abspath(config_fname)
         logging.info("Creating main config %s...", out_filename)
 
-        conf_data = template('aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf', sphinx_var_path=sphinx_conf.var_dir)
+        conf_data = template('aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf', sphinx_listen=sphinx_conf.listen,
+                             sphinx_var_path=sphinx_conf.var_dir)
 
         f = open(out_filename, "w")
         for fname, fpath in self.files.iteritems():
diff --git a/aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf b/aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf
index aa890d1..f193aaf 100644
--- a/aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf
+++ b/aore/templates/sphinx/sphinx.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ indexer
 searchd
 {
 
-        listen                  = 127.0.0.1:9312
+        listen                  = {{ sphinx_listen }}
 
         # required by RT-indexes
         workers                 = threads