diff --git a/src/ldapcontroller.cpp b/src/ldapcontroller.cpp
index a23e5cf..9dbdce9 100644
--- a/src/ldapcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/ldapcontroller.cpp
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ configTempDir.setAutoDelete(false);	// RAJA DEBUG ONLY FIXME
 	credentials->username = "cn="+rootUserName+","+basedcname;
 	credentials->password = rootPassword;
 	credentials->realm = realmconfig.name.upper();
-	LDAPManager* ldap_mgr = new LDAPManager(realmconfig.name.upper(), realmconfig.admin_server, credentials);
+	LDAPManager* ldap_mgr = new LDAPManager(realmconfig.name.upper(), "ldapi://", credentials);
 	if (ldap_mgr->moveKerberosEntries("o=kerberos,cn=kerberos control,ou=master services,ou=core,ou=realm," + basedcname, &errorstring) != 0) {
 		delete ldap_mgr;
 		delete credentials;