diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/DbSqlConfig.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/DbSqlConfig.java
index f3b7ec639a36550c6c2b475c3af38ab8f992c178..f5cafc519e2a96ee896066bae84c4ee4214b4fc4 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/DbSqlConfig.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/DbSqlConfig.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class DbSqlConfig
 //         index3 = index3+3;
 
 //       properties.put("chado", url.substring(index3,index)); 
-       properties.put("chado",url);
+       properties.put("chado",dlp.getUnprefixedURL());
 
 //       if(index2 < 0)
 //         properties.put("username", url.substring(index+1));