diff --git a/templates/xpub-collabra-configmap-nodeconfig.yaml b/templates/xpub-collabra-configmap-nodeconfig.yaml
index b43c43497ca19a74ae49b13bf88d228b5dd08218..4bfdea131040bc33fe178981092c0f2af448e3bf 100644
--- a/templates/xpub-collabra-configmap-nodeconfig.yaml
+++ b/templates/xpub-collabra-configmap-nodeconfig.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ data:
       },
       "pubsweet-server": {
         "secret": "${PUBSWEET_SERVER_SECRET}",
-        "dbPath": "http://${COUCHDB_USER}:${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}@couchdb-${CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG}/pubsweet"
+        "dbPath": "http://${COUCHDB_USER}:${COUCHDB_PASSWORD}@couchdb-${CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG}:5984/pubsweet"
       },
       "password-reset": {
         "url": "${CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL}/password-reset"