diff --git a/datastore_server/etc/service.properties b/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
index 0d0ee398c815163511aa4f6a36dd62643e160282..42fc2a8f5b4a4d33b7b6bd513acdaea2dfcd243f 100644
--- a/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
+++ b/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
@@ -350,7 +350,13 @@ hcs-image-overview.label = plugin for HCS_IMAGE
 # Configuration of an archiver task. All properties are prefixed with 'archiver.'.
 
 # Archiver class specification (together with the list of packages this class belongs to).
-archiver.class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.demo.DemoArchiver
+#archiver.class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.demo.DemoArchiver
+archiver.class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.standard.RsyncArchiver
+# dectination of the archive (can be local or remote)
+# local:
+#archiver.destination = openbis:tmp/dest
+# remote:
+archiver.destination = /Users/openbis/dest
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # maintenance plugins configuration