diff --git a/nomad/api.py b/nomad/api.py
index 4c24ad0e984b744722a86863655a29370f185619..7256ecdd451ef0fa3ab806d31be94e435cc1d6bd 100644
--- a/nomad/api.py
+++ b/nomad/api.py
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ api.add_resource(RepoCalc, '%s/repo/<string:upload_hash>/<string:calc_hash>' % b
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-    app.run(debug=True)
+    app.run(debug=True, port=8000)
diff --git a/nomad/config.py b/nomad/config.py
index fd5206b5cd0c7f05d28701ad6ec2d424d43baca6..bf78a0187a83b6b3371e38ce9f9803970c22d0f8 100644
--- a/nomad/config.py
+++ b/nomad/config.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ logstash = LogstashConfig(
     tcp_port=int(os.environ.get('NOMAD_LOGSTASH_TCPPORT', '5000'))
 )
 services = NomadServicesConfig(
-    api_base_path=os.environ.get('NOMAD_API_BASE_PATH', ''),
+    api_base_path=os.environ.get('NOMAD_API_BASE_PATH', '/nomadxt/api'),
     objects_host=os.environ.get('NOMAD_OBJECTS_HOST', 'localhost'),
     objects_port=int(os.environ.get('NOMAD_OBJECTS_PORT', minio.port)),
     objects_base_path=os.environ.get('NOMAD_OBJECTS_BASE_PATH', '')