diff --git a/openbis/source/java/service.properties b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
index 67051ab436149f860f0e9f6db86b9b4782477deb..656d4eb1378f5074919b2303e39eaf592c737645 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ authorization-component-factory = active-authorization
 
 script-folder = ./source/
 
+core-plugins-folder = source/core-plugins
+
 # Supported: currently only 'postgresql' is supported
 database.engine = postgresql
 database.create-from-scratch = false