diff --git a/openbis/source/java/service.properties b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
index 9ca119fffe4ddfce644c4bd38f01f7d434b32bd4..c542cddb0b944d971fdcc51575137bfcb6fa0cdf 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/service.properties
+++ b/openbis/source/java/service.properties
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ onlinehelp.generic.page-template = https://wiki-bsse.ethz.ch/pages/createpage.ac
 query-databases = 1
 
 1.label = openBIS meta data
-1.databaseEngineCode = ${database.engine}
-1.basicDatabaseName = openbis
-1.databaseKind = ${database.kind}
+1.database-driver = org.postgresql.Driver
+1.database-url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost/openbis_${database.kind}
+#1.database-username =
+#1.database-pasword =
 
 # Comma-separated list of host names and IP addresses of clients on which an INSTANCE_ADMIN
 # user is allowed to change identity