diff --git a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/coremanager/service/ManagerResourceImpl.java b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/coremanager/service/ManagerResourceImpl.java
index 73d516bfe19e298d5717dfad5dc66e5596071d92..f0ff9dfdc6ea50fb4e80f7e2b9f1a693c214fb1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/coremanager/service/ManagerResourceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/coremanager/service/ManagerResourceImpl.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.ResteasyWebTarget;
 public class ManagerResourceImpl implements ManagerResource{
 
     
-    private final String VIPSCORE_URL = "http://localhost:8080/VIPSCore";
+    private final String VIPSCORE_URL = System.getProperty("no.bioforsk.vips.coremanager.VIPSCORE_URL");
     private final Integer VIPS_BATCH_SYSTEM_USER_ID = -10;
     
     @Context