diff --git a/cmd/nodecmd/sync.go b/cmd/nodecmd/sync.go
index d1ef13e7b..de1174d0e 100644
--- a/cmd/nodecmd/sync.go
+++ b/cmd/nodecmd/sync.go
@@ -143,10 +143,20 @@ func trackSubnet(
 				nodeResults.AddResult(host.NodeID, nil, err)
 			}
 
-			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvagoAliasConfigFile(host, blockchainID.String(), subnetAliases); err != nil {
+			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvagoAliasConfigFile(
+				host,
+				blockchainID.String(),
+				subnetAliases,
+			); err != nil {
 				nodeResults.AddResult(host.NodeID, nil, err)
 			}
-			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(app, host, network, allSubnets); err != nil {
+			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(
+				app,
+				host,
+				network,
+				allSubnets,
+				clusterConf.IsAPIHost(host.GetCloudID()),
+			); err != nil {
 				nodeResults.AddResult(host.NodeID, nil, err)
 			}
 			if err := ssh.RunSSHSyncSubnetData(app, host, network, subnetName); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/nodecmd/update_subnet.go b/cmd/nodecmd/update_subnet.go
index 728d8cf55..810aaf5c0 100644
--- a/cmd/nodecmd/update_subnet.go
+++ b/cmd/nodecmd/update_subnet.go
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ func doUpdateSubnet(
 			if err := ssh.RunSSHStopNode(host); err != nil {
 				nodeResults.AddResult(host.NodeID, nil, err)
 			}
-			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(app, host, network, allSubnets); err != nil {
+			if err := ssh.RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(
+				app,
+				host,
+				network,
+				allSubnets,
+				clusterConf.IsAPIHost(host.GetCloudID()),
+			); err != nil {
 				nodeResults.AddResult(host.NodeID, nil, err)
 			}
 			if err := ssh.RunSSHSyncSubnetData(app, host, network, subnetName); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/ssh/ssh.go b/pkg/ssh/ssh.go
index 7e5e85e47..f38b4570f 100644
--- a/pkg/ssh/ssh.go
+++ b/pkg/ssh/ssh.go
@@ -529,7 +529,13 @@ func RunSSHRenderAvagoAliasConfigFile(
 }
 
 // RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig renders avalanche node config to a remote host via SSH.
-func RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(app *application.Avalanche, host *models.Host, network models.Network, trackSubnets []string) error {
+func RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(
+	app *application.Avalanche,
+	host *models.Host,
+	network models.Network,
+	trackSubnets []string,
+	isAPIHost bool,
+) error {
 	// get subnet ids
 	subnetIDs, err := utils.MapWithError(trackSubnets, func(subnetName string) (string, error) {
 		sc, err := app.LoadSidecar(subnetName)
@@ -550,8 +556,7 @@ func RunSSHRenderAvalancheNodeConfig(app *application.Avalanche, host *models.Ho
 		if genesisFileExists(host) {
 			avagoConf.GenesisPath = filepath.Join(constants.DockerNodeConfigPath, constants.GenesisFileName)
 		}
-		// make sure that wiz works. TODO switch to RPC over SSH client to access 127.0.0.1 instead
-		if network.Kind == models.Local || network.Kind == models.Devnet {
+		if network.Kind == models.Local || network.Kind == models.Devnet || isAPIHost {
 			avagoConf.HTTPHost = "0.0.0.0"
 		}
 		remoteAvagoConf, err := getAvalancheGoConfigData(host)