diff --git a/index.sh b/index.sh
index b5c90f8..0c778d1 100755
--- a/index.sh
+++ b/index.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+HOSTNAME=${1:-localhost}
+
 if [ ! -f ./tmdb_solr.json ]; then
   unzip tmdb_solr.json.zip
 fi
 
 # delete (or wipe) the tmdb index and reindex
-curl http://localhost:8983/solr/tmdb/update --data '<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>' -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
+curl "http://$HOSTNAME:8983/solr/tmdb/update" --data '<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>' -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
 
-curl http://localhost:8983/solr/tmdb/update --data '<commit/>' -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
+curl "http://$HOSTNAME:8983/solr/tmdb/update" --data '<commit/>' -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
 
-curl 'http://localhost:8983/solr/tmdb/update?commit=true' --data-binary @tmdb_solr.json -H 'Content-type:application/json'
+curl "http://$HOSTNAME:8983/solr/tmdb/update?commit=true" --data-binary @tmdb_solr.json -H 'Content-type:application/json'