diff --git a/syncplay/server.py b/syncplay/server.py
index 5c417075d..4f46c150b 100755
--- a/syncplay/server.py
+++ b/syncplay/server.py
@@ -916,4 +916,4 @@ def _prepareArgParser(self):
         self._argparser.add_argument('--ipv4-only', action='store_true', help=getMessage("server-listen-only-on-ipv4"))
         self._argparser.add_argument('--ipv6-only', action='store_true', help=getMessage("server-listen-only-on-ipv6"))
         self._argparser.add_argument('--interface-ipv4', metavar='interfaceIPv4', type=str, nargs='?', help=getMessage("server-interface-ipv4"), default='')
-        self._argparser.add_argument('--interface-ipv6', metavar='interfaceIPv6', type=str, nargs='?', help=getMessage("server-interface-ipv6"), default='')
+        self._argparser.add_argument('--interface-ipv6', metavar='interfaceIPv6', type=str, nargs='?', help=getMessage("server-interface-ipv6"), default='::')