diff --git a/frigate/const.py b/frigate/const.py
index 3495da28e..312dc4ce1 100644
--- a/frigate/const.py
+++ b/frigate/const.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ EXPORT_DIR = f"{BASE_DIR}/exports"
 BIRDSEYE_PIPE = "/tmp/cache/birdseye"
 CACHE_DIR = "/tmp/cache"
 YAML_EXT = (".yaml", ".yml")
+FRIGATE_LOCALHOST = "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
 PLUS_ENV_VAR = "PLUS_API_KEY"
 PLUS_API_HOST = "https://api.frigate.video"
 BTBN_PATH = "/usr/lib/btbn-ffmpeg"
diff --git a/frigate/events/audio.py b/frigate/events/audio.py
index 68491b8a6..4f40334d4 100644
--- a/frigate/events/audio.py
+++ b/frigate/events/audio.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from frigate.const import (
     AUDIO_MAX_BIT_RANGE,
     AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE,
     CACHE_DIR,
+    FRIGATE_LOCALHOST,
 )
 from frigate.ffmpeg_presets import parse_preset_input
 from frigate.log import LogPipe
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             ] = datetime.datetime.now().timestamp()
         else:
             resp = requests.post(
-                f"http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/events/{self.config.name}/{label}/create",
+                f"{FRIGATE_LOCALHOST}/api/events/{self.config.name}/{label}/create",
                 json={"duration": None},
             )
 
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             ):
                 self.detections[detection["label"]] = None
                 requests.put(
-                    f"http://127.0.0.1/api/events/{detection['id']}/end",
+                    f"{FRIGATE_LOCALHOST}/api/events/{detection['id']}/end",
                     json={
                         "end_time": detection["last_detection"]
                         + self.config.record.events.post_capture