diff --git a/ui/development_config.json b/ui/development_config.json
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+{
+  "datacenter": "dc1",
+  "data_dir": "/tmp/",
+  "ui_dir": ".",
+  "bootstrap": true,
+  "server": true,
+  "acl_datacenter": "dc1",
+  "acl_master_token": "dev"
+}