diff --git a/k8s-manifests/configmap.yaml b/k8s-manifests/configmap.yaml
index 359178a912f06948f61369b38fcf3334b937d8c4..65ad321d118ba8bb0616836c7da07ddf9edbd3c2 100644
--- a/k8s-manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/k8s-manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: todo-app-config
 data:
-  MONGODB_URL: mongodb-service
+  MONGODB_URL: mongodb://mongodb-service:27017/todo-app