diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
index af9e0c8fd..9492da44a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ android {
             // proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
             resValue "bool", "DEBUG", "false"
             externalNativeBuild {
-                ndkBuild.arguments += ['BUILD_TARGET=release']
+                ndkBuild {
+                    arguments += ['BUILD_TARGET=release']
+                }
             }
             ndk {
                 abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
index ab2fa2934..9a8c6d145 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/linuxmain.c
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ main( int argc, char** argv )
     mainParams.connInfo.ip.port = DEFAULT_PORT;
     mainParams.connInfo.ip.hostName = "localhost";
 #endif
-    mainParams.connInfo.mqtt.hostName = "localhost";
+    mainParams.connInfo.mqtt.hostName = "eehouse.org";
     mainParams.connInfo.mqtt.port = 1883;
 #ifdef XWFEATURE_SMS
     mainParams.connInfo.sms.port = 1;