diff --git a/.puppet/profiles/icingaweb2_dev/templates/config.ini.erb b/.puppet/profiles/icingaweb2_dev/templates/config.ini.erb
index 13ef6710f..8fade6d9f 100644
--- a/.puppet/profiles/icingaweb2_dev/templates/config.ini.erb
+++ b/.puppet/profiles/icingaweb2_dev/templates/config.ini.erb
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ log   = "file"
 file  = "<%= @log %>"
 level = DEBUG
 
-[preferences]
-type = "ini"
+[global]
+config_backend = "db"
+config_resource = "icingaweb-mysql"