diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee140255
Binary files /dev/null and b/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr.c b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr.c
index 107147077..7dbb16458 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ int		rc = 0;
 	if (service->dbref == NULL) {
 		SERVICE *service = inst->service;
 		SERVER *server;
-		server = server_alloc("none", "MySQLBackend", (int)1234);
+		server = server_alloc("none", "MySQLBackend", (int)3306);
 		if (server == NULL) {
 			LOGIF(LE, (skygw_log_write_flush(LOGFILE_ERROR,
 				"%s: Error for server_alloc in createInstance",
@@ -1505,7 +1505,6 @@ SERVICE         *service;
 
         if (strcmp(name, "master_host") == 0) {
                  server_update_address(service->dbref->server, (char *)value);
-
         } else if (strcmp(name, "master_port") == 0) {
                 server_update_port(service->dbref->server, (short)atoi(value));
         } else if (strcmp(name, "filestem") == 0) {
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
index 355fd3ca0..cd332640b 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
@@ -3194,7 +3194,7 @@ blr_master_restore_config(ROUTER_INSTANCE *router, MASTER_SERVER_CFG *prev_maste
 static void
 blr_master_set_empty_config(ROUTER_INSTANCE *router) {
 	server_update_address(router->service->dbref->server, "none");
-	server_update_port(router->service->dbref->server, (unsigned short)1234);
+	server_update_port(router->service->dbref->server, (unsigned short)3306);
 
 	router->binlog_position = 4;
 	strcpy(router->binlog_name, "");