diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/app.test.tpl.ts b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/app.test.tpl.ts
index e798bcab08..e3f54e2903 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/app.test.tpl.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/app.test.tpl.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { Server } from 'http'
 import { app } from '../${lib}/app'
 
 const port = app.get('port')
-const appUrl = \`http://\${app.get('host')}:\${port}\`
+const appUrl = \`http://localhost:\${port}\`
 
 describe('Feathers application tests', () => {
   let server: Server
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/client.test.tpl.ts b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/client.test.tpl.ts
index aae82ae08e..19e06a8035 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/client.test.tpl.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/client.test.tpl.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { createClient } from '../${lib}/client'
 import rest from '@feathersjs/rest-client'
 
 const port = app.get('port')
-const appUrl = \`http://\${app.get('host')}:\${port}\`
+const appUrl = \`http://localhost:\${port}\`
 
 describe('client tests', () => {
   const client = createClient(rest(appUrl).axios(axios))
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.ts b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.tsS
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.ts
rename to packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.tsS
index cc2d61810e..38a72895c7 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/configuration.tpl.tsS
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ const defaultConfig = ({}: AppGeneratorContext) => ({
 
 const customEnvironment = {
   port: {
-    __name: 'PORT',
+    __name: 'FEATHERS_PORT',
     __format: 'number'
   },
-  host: 'HOSTNAME',
+  host: 'FEATHERS_HOSTNAME',
+  origins: {
+    __name: 'FEATHERS_ORIGINS',
+    __format: 'json'
+  },
   authentication: {
     secret: 'FEATHERS_SECRET'
   }
@@ -41,9 +45,9 @@ export const configurationSchema = {
   required: [ 'host', 'port', 'public' ],
   properties: {
     ...defaultAppSettings,
-    host: { type: 'string' },
     port: { type: 'number' },
-    public: { type: 'string' }
+    public: { type: 'string' },
+    origins: { type: 'array', items: { type: 'string' } }
   }
 } as const
 
@@ -61,9 +65,9 @@ import { dataValidator } from './validators'
 export const configurationSchema = Type.Intersect([
   defaultAppConfiguration,
   Type.Object({
-    host: Type.String(),
     port: Type.Number(),
-    public: Type.String()
+    public: Type.String(),
+    origins: Type.Array(Type.String())
   })
 ])
 
diff --git a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/index.tpl.ts b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/index.tpl.ts
index 986bbf68a4..0a999d81f3 100644
--- a/packages/generators/src/app/templates/index.tpl.ts
+++ b/packages/generators/src/app/templates/index.tpl.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ const template = ({}: AppGeneratorContext) => /* ts */ `import { app } from './a
 import { logger } from './logger'
 
 const port = app.get('port')
-const host = app.get('host')
+const origin = app.get('origins')[0]
 
 process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason) =>
   logger.error('Unhandled Rejection %O', reason)
 )
 
 app.listen(port).then(() => {
-  logger.info(\`Feathers app listening on http://\${host}:\${port}\`)
+  logger.info(\`Feathers app listening on \${origin}\`)
 })
 `