diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 1c87a6d1b..fb9a7bddd 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ create_env() {
     echo "DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = ""${EMAIL_HOST_USER-''}" >> $FILENAME
     echo "SERVER_EMAIL = ""${EMAIL_HOST_USER-''}" >> $FILENAME
     echo "USE_SOLR = ""${USE_SOLR-False}" >> $FILENAME
-    echo "SOLR_COLLECTION = ""${SOLR_COLLECTION-'sapl_$RANDOM'}" >> $FILENAME
-    echo "SOLR_URL = ""${SOLR_URL-'http://localhost:8983'}" >> $FILENAME
+    echo "SOLR_COLLECTION = ""${SOLR_COLLECTION-sapl}" >> $FILENAME
+    echo "SOLR_URL = ""${SOLR_URL-http://localhost:8983}" >> $FILENAME
 
     
     echo "[ENV FILE] done."
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ yes yes | python3 manage.py migrate
 
 ## SOLR
 USE_SOLR="${USE_SOLR:=False}"
-SOLR_URL="${SOLR_URL:='http://localhost:8983'}"
-SOLR_COLLECTION="${SOLR_COLLECTION:='sapl_$RANDOM'}"
+SOLR_URL="${SOLR_URL:=http://localhost:8983}"
+SOLR_COLLECTION="${SOLR_COLLECTION:=sapl}"
 
 NUM_SHARDS=${NUM_SHARDS:=1}
 RF=${RF:=1}