diff --git a/openbis/source/java/service.properties b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
index 37ed2299af7197b43c081a997adb97e9852d758d..9b9f71b4b3c592484394dbf95cfa5d8a9e2ecc5e 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ database.create-from-scratch = false
 # For debugging set this value to true.
 database.script-single-step-mode = false
 database.url-host-part =
-database.kind = yeastx
+database.kind = dev
 # database.kind = system_test
 # database.kind = system_test_strict
 # database.kind = system_test_plates_on_demand