diff --git a/integration-tests/templates/openBIS-server/service.properties b/integration-tests/templates/openBIS-server/service.properties
index 55c418d88846e844bf5b8284938361e73d84dc78..84080ce1c75ee47c8bfda20fbe9d6cec79bd0996 100644
--- a/integration-tests/templates/openBIS-server/service.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/templates/openBIS-server/service.properties
@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ mail.smtp.host = smtp0.ethz.ch
 mail.smtp.user = lims
 mail.smtp.password = 
 
-ibrain.root.folder = .
\ No newline at end of file
+# Properties for ProcessingPathValidator:
+# path prefixes for each procedure type
+processing-instruction.DATA_ACQUISITION.prefix-for-absolute-paths =
+processing-instruction.DATA_ACQUISITION.prefix-for-relative-paths =
+processing-instruction.IMAGE_ANALYSIS.prefix-for-absolute-paths =
+processing-instruction.IMAGE_ANALYSIS.prefix-for-relative-paths =