diff --git a/lib/configuration.js b/lib/configuration.js
index 14d7e5e5e024d68ef185a4c4bcd2d128653c5a6b..a85ee47f0fd80d2a168d0289a58062ed21bdbb3b 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.js
+++ b/lib/configuration.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ var conf = module.exports = convict({
     format: 'number = 0.0',
     env: 'KPI_BACKEND_SAMPLE_RATE'
   },
-  kpi_backend_db_url: 'string = "http://localhost/wsapi/interaction_data"',
+  kpi_backend_db_url: 'string = "http://localhost:3000/wsapi/interaction_data"',
   bcrypt_work_factor: {
     doc: "How expensive should we make password checks (to mitigate brute force attacks) ?  Each increment is 2x the cost.",
     format: 'integer{6,20} = 12',