diff --git a/lib/BasicResolver.php b/lib/BasicResolver.php
index d7229e2..37e8f70 100644
--- a/lib/BasicResolver.php
+++ b/lib/BasicResolver.php
@@ -115,17 +115,6 @@ final class BasicResolver implements Resolver {
 
             $name = normalizeDnsName($name);
 
-            if (in_array($name, ['localhost', 'localhost.'])) {
-                switch ($typeRestriction) {
-                    case Record::A:
-                        return [new Record('127.0.0.1', Record::A, null)];
-                    case Record::AAAA:
-                        return [new Record('::1', Record::AAAA, null)];
-                    default:
-                        return [new Record('127.0.0.1', Record::A, null), new Record('::1', Record::AAAA, null)];
-                }
-            }
-
             if ($records = $this->queryHosts($name, $typeRestriction)) {
                 return $records;
             }
@@ -340,7 +329,7 @@ final class BasicResolver implements Resolver {
             try {
                 $this->config = yield $this->configLoader->loadConfig();
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                $this->config = new Config(['8.8.8.8:53', '8.8.4.4:53', '[2001:4860:4860::8888]:53', '[2001:4860:4860::8844]:53']);
+                $this->config = new Config(['1.1.1.1:53', '1.0.0.1:53', '[2606:4700:4700::1111]:53', '[2606:4700:4700::1001]:53']);
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/lib/Config.php b/lib/Config.php
index dff02d7..04dbf33 100644
--- a/lib/Config.php
+++ b/lib/Config.php
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ final class Config {
             throw new ConfigException("Invalid attempt count ({$attempts}), must be 1 or greater");
         }
 
+        // Windows does not include localhost in its host file. Fetch it from the system instead
+        if (!isset($knownHosts[Record::A]["localhost"]) && !isset($knownHosts[Record::AAAA]["localhost"])) {
+            // PHP currently provides no way to **resolve** IPv6 hostnames (not even with fallback)
+            $local = \gethostbyname("localhost");
+            if ($local !== "localhost") {
+                $knownHosts[Record::A]["localhost"] = $local;
+            } else {
+                $knownHosts[Record::A]["localhost"] = '127.0.0.1';
+            }
+            $knownHosts[Record::AAAA]["localhost"] = "::1";
+        }
+
         $this->nameservers = $nameservers;
         $this->knownHosts = $knownHosts;
         $this->timeout = $timeout;
diff --git a/lib/HostLoader.php b/lib/HostLoader.php
index aba83d9..1636647 100644
--- a/lib/HostLoader.php
+++ b/lib/HostLoader.php
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ class HostLoader {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Windows does not include localhost in its host file. Fetch it from the system instead
-            if (!isset($data[Record::A]["localhost"]) && !isset($data[Record::AAAA]["localhost"])) {
-                // PHP currently provides no way to **resolve** IPv6 hostnames (not even with fallback)
-                $local = \gethostbyname("localhost");
-                if ($local !== "localhost") {
-                    $data[Record::A]["localhost"] = $local;
-                } else {
-                    $data[Record::AAAA]["localhost"] = "::1";
-                }
-            }
-
             return $data;
         });
     }