diff --git a/tests/automatic/settings/receiver_kafka.json.tpl.lin.in b/tests/automatic/settings/receiver_kafka.json.tpl.lin.in
index f9d0fae47e197697f9174e37b2dfb87ce634e7ba..d7bd04f56d72552911b1f5bb46f1fa4993d4a0c3 100644
--- a/tests/automatic/settings/receiver_kafka.json.tpl.lin.in
+++ b/tests/automatic/settings/receiver_kafka.json.tpl.lin.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "MonitoringServer": "auto",
   "PerformanceDbServer":"localhost:8086",
   "MonitorPerformance": true,
   "PerformanceDbName": "db_test",