diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index ec70d87..f843908 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 RUN pip3 install /mon
 
 ENV BROKER_URI kafka:9092
-ENV MONGO_URI mongo:27017
+ENV MONGO_URI mongodb://mongo:27017
 ENV DATABASE sqlite:///mon_sqlite.db
 ENV OS_NOTIFIER_URI localhost:8662
 ENV OS_DEFAULT_GRANULARITY 300
diff --git a/osm_mon/core/common_db.py b/osm_mon/core/common_db.py
index 5a76536..075f9d5 100644
--- a/osm_mon/core/common_db.py
+++ b/osm_mon/core/common_db.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     def __init__(self):
         cfg = Config.instance()
         self.common_db = dbmongo.DbMongo()
-        self.common_db.db_connect({'host': cfg.MONGO_URI.split(':')[0],
-                                   'port': int(cfg.MONGO_URI.split(':')[1]),
+        self.common_db.db_connect({'uri': cfg.MONGO_URI.split,
                                    'name': 'osm',
                                    'commonkey': cfg.OSMMON_DATABASE_COMMONKEY})