I had to make sure the dnsserver itself is working
dig duckduckgo.com @127.0.0.1
Then make it be used. using resolv.conf was wrong, i had to:
user% grep prepend dhclient.conf | grep -v '^#'
prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
user%
I was told it isn't mentioned anywhere as it's too obvious ... Well: not for me.

Saving a link:
http://blog.nixpanic.net/2013/03/use-dn ... eries.htmlwhich might or might not be of use.
More links or explanations are welcome.