diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
index d3355849eb..8782e1511d 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {AuthRouterOutlet} from "./components/AuthRouterOutlet";
 import {HomeView} from "./components/home.view";
 import {Page1View} from "./components/page1.view";
 import {Page2View} from "./components/page2.view";
+import {AlfrescoService} from 'ng2-alfresco/components';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'my-app',
@@ -22,8 +23,11 @@ export class AppComponent {
 
     constructor(
         public auth: Authentication,
-        public router: Router
-    ){}
+        public router: Router,
+        alfrescoService: AlfrescoService
+    ){
+        alfrescoService.host = 'http://192.168.99.100:8080';
+    }
 
     isActive(instruction: any[]): boolean {
         return this.router.isRouteActive(this.router.generate(instruction));
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.d.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.d.ts
index 9b717241fb..05d6bf9f4b 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.d.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { DocumentList } from "./src/document-list.component";
 import { AlfrescoService } from "./src/alfresco.service";
 export * from './src/HelloWorld';
 export * from './src/document-list.component';
+export * from './src/alfresco.service';
 declare var _default: {
     directives: (typeof HelloWorld | typeof DocumentList)[];
     providers: typeof AlfrescoService[];
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.ts
index f1efbff6d4..53bfaac0db 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/components.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { AlfrescoService } from "./src/alfresco.service";
 
 export * from './src/HelloWorld';
 export * from './src/document-list.component';
+export * from './src/alfresco.service';
 
 export default {
     directives: [HelloWorld, DocumentList],
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.d.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.d.ts
index d44122793b..a8fd80ff63 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.d.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ export declare class AlfrescoService {
     private http;
     constructor(http: Http);
     private _host;
-    private _baseUrl;
+    private _baseUrlPath;
+    host: string;
+    private getBaseUrl();
     getFolder(folder: string): Observable<FolderEntity>;
     getDocumentThumbnailUrl(document: DocumentEntity): string;
     getContentUrl(document: DocumentEntity): string;
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.ts
index 854ed14a45..67b7c353d7 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/ng2-alfresco/src/alfresco.service.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,20 @@ import {DocumentEntity} from "./core/entities/document.entity";
 export class AlfrescoService {
     constructor(private http: Http) {}
 
-    private _host: string = 'http://192.168.99.100:8080';
-    private _baseUrl: string = this._host + '/alfresco/service/slingshot/doclib/doclist/all/site/';
+    private _host: string = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080';
+    private _baseUrlPath: string = '/alfresco/service/slingshot/doclib/doclist/all/site/';
+
+    public get host():string {
+        return this._host;
+    }
+
+    public set host(value:string) {
+        this._host = value;
+    }
+    
+    private getBaseUrl():string {
+        return this.host + this._baseUrlPath;
+    }
 
     getFolder(folder: string) {
         let headers = new Headers({
@@ -18,7 +30,7 @@ export class AlfrescoService {
         });
         let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
         return this.http
-            .get(this._baseUrl + folder, options)
+            .get(this.getBaseUrl() + folder, options)
             .map(res => <FolderEntity> res.json())
             .do(data => console.log(data)) // eyeball results in the console
             .catch(this.handleError);