Mysql2 connection in ruby always take my Ip address to connect and ignores the value in host

Question

I am trying to connect to my database through mysql2 in ruby with the following:

client = Mysql2::Client.new(:host => host, :username => username, :password => password, :database => database)

But I see that my host value no matter what I give is replaced by "my local ip address"

Can someone help me with this?

Thanks, Rv