diff --git a/dbtools/__init__.py b/dbtools/__init__.py
index b8683f1..cff5933 100644
--- a/dbtools/__init__.py
+++ b/dbtools/__init__.py
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ class dbObject:
   self.dbtype = SQLITE
   self.path = path
 
- def __init__(self, dbtype = SQLITE, path = 'Database.db', host = None, port = None, user = None, pwd = None, db = None):
+ def __init__(self, dbtype = SQLITE, path = None, host = None, port = None, user = None, pwd = None, db = None):
 
   if dbtype == SQLITE:
-   self.initSQLite(path)
+   self.initSQLite(path or 'Database.db')
 
   elif dbtype == MYSQL:
-   self.initMySQL(host, port or 3306, user, pwd, db)
+   self.initMySQL(host or 'localhost', port or 3306, user, pwd, db)
 
   else:
    raise ValueError("Unknown database type %s." % str(dbtype))