diff --git a/geonode/maps/views.py b/geonode/maps/views.py
index 261b6b7f830..c4fe28a6452 100644
--- a/geonode/maps/views.py
+++ b/geonode/maps/views.py
@@ -827,10 +827,6 @@ def add_layers_to_map_config(
             # bad layer, skip
             continue
 
-        if not layer.is_published:
-            # invisible layer, skip inclusion
-            continue
-
         if not request.user.has_perm(
                 'view_resourcebase',
                 obj=layer.get_self_resource()):
diff --git a/geonode/settings.py b/geonode/settings.py
index bb09203dcf1..24f8a399189 100644
--- a/geonode/settings.py
+++ b/geonode/settings.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     ALLOWED_HOSTS = ast.literal_eval(os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS'))
 except ValueError:
     # fallback to regular list of values separated with misc chars
-    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', ] if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS') is None \
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', 'django', 'geonode'] if os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS') is None \
         else re.split(r' *[,|:|;] *', os.getenv('ALLOWED_HOSTS'))
 
 # AUTH_IP_WHITELIST property limits access to users/groups REST endpoints