diff --git a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.html b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.html
index ce7c5c9187..40d5b4fbd2 100644
--- a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.html
+++ b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.html
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ <h1 class="aqua fw2 montserrat dib ma0 pv2 ph1 v-mid fr f3 lh-copy">
       >
         Connect
       </button>
+      <!-- For localhost:
+        placeholder=""
+      -->
+      <div
+        class="custom-block callout"
+        style="font-size: 0.75em; width: 75%; margin: 1em;"
+      >
+        For connecting to a local go-ipfs node, you may need to use
+        <pre>/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4003/ws/p2p/QmTheirServerPeerId</pre>
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="ph3 mb3">
diff --git a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.js b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.js
index e0e5ef72d2..6d5c850cf7 100644
--- a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.js
+++ b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ const cryptoKeys = require("human-crypto-keys"); // { getKeyPairFromSeed }
 const uint8ArrayToString = require('uint8arrays/to-string')
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
 
+const WS = require('libp2p-websockets')
+const transportKey = WS.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag]
+const filters = require('libp2p-websockets/src/filters')
+
 const { sleep, Logger, onEnterPress, catchAndLog } = require("./util");
 
 async function main() {
@@ -39,6 +43,17 @@ async function main() {
   ipfsBrowser = await IPFS.create({
     pass: "01234567890123456789",
     EXPERIMENTAL: { ipnsPubsub: true },
+    libp2p: {
+      config: {
+        transport: {
+          // This is added for local demo!
+          // In a production environment the default filter should be used
+          // where only DNS + WSS addresses will be dialed by websockets in the browser.
+          [transportKey]: {
+            filter: filters.all
+          }
+        }
+      }}
   });
   const { id } = await ipfsBrowser.id();
   log(`Browser IPFS ready! Node id: ${id}`);
diff --git a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
index 681722aaa3..53e0adb673 100644
--- a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "clean": "rimraf ./dist ./.cache ./.parcel-cache",
-    "build": "parcel build index.html --no-scope-hoist",
+    "build": "parcel build index.html --public-url ./",
     "start": "parcel index.html",
     "test": "test-ipfs-example"
   },
@@ -14,10 +13,10 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "human-crypto-keys": "^0.1.4",
-    "ipfs": "^0.55.3",
-    "ipfs-http-client": "^50.1.1",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^8.1.2",
-    "ipns": "^0.11.0",
+    "ipfs": "^0.54.4",
+    "ipfs-http-client": "^49.0.4",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^6.0.1",
+    "ipns": "^0.10.0",
     "it-last": "^1.0.4",
     "p-retry": "^4.2.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^2.1.3"
@@ -26,11 +25,11 @@
     "last 2 versions and not dead and > 2%"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "delay": "^5.0.0",
+    "delay": "^4.4.0",
     "execa": "^5.0.0",
-    "ipfsd-ctl": "^8.0.1",
+    "ipfsd-ctl": "^7.2.0",
     "go-ipfs": "0.8.0",
-    "parcel": "2.0.0-beta.2",
+    "parcel-bundler": "^1.12.5",
     "path": "^0.12.7",
     "test-ipfs-example": "^3.0.0"
   },