diff --git a/ModelCatalogueCorePluginTestApp/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy b/ModelCatalogueCorePluginTestApp/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
index 05687d5d3b..19151938c3 100644
--- a/ModelCatalogueCorePluginTestApp/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
+++ b/ModelCatalogueCorePluginTestApp/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ environments {
         grails.plugin.console.enabled = true
 //        mc.search.elasticsearch.host = "127.0.0.1"
         // Elasticsearch bind port, defaults to 9300
-        mc.search.elasticsearch.port = "9300"
+//        mc.search.elasticsearch.port = "9300"
         mc.search.elasticsearch.local="${System.getProperty('java.io.tmpdir')}/${Metadata.getCurrent().getApplicationName()}/${Metadata.getCurrent().getApplicationVersion()}/es${System.currentTimeMillis()}"
         mc.css.custom = """
           /* green for dev mode to show it's safe to do any changes */