diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index b7d7be7..c25aeaf 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	UpdateDNs             int      `json:"updateDNs"`             // interval in minutes to update user DNs
 	Timeout               int      `json:"timeout"`               // query time out
 	Frontend              string   `json:"frontend"`              // frontend URI to use
+	RucioUrl              string   `json:"rucioUrl"`              // default RucioUrl
 	RucioTokenCurl        bool     `json:"rucioTokenCurl"`        // use curl method to obtain Rucio Token
 	ProfileFile           string   `json:"profileFile"`           // send profile data to a given file
 	TLSCertsRenewInterval int      `json:"tlsCertsRenewInterval"` // renewal interval for TLS certs
@@ -71,5 +72,8 @@ func ParseConfig(configFile string) error {
 	if Config.TLSCertsRenewInterval == 0 {
 		Config.TLSCertsRenewInterval = 600
 	}
+	if Config.RucioUrl == "" {
+		Config.RucioUrl = "https://cms-rucio.cern.ch"
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/services/helpers.go b/services/helpers.go
index c0cc06e..64d5c95 100644
--- a/services/helpers.go
+++ b/services/helpers.go
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ func RucioUrl() string {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "http") {
 		return url
 	}
-	return utils.AdjustUrl(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", FrontendURL, url))
+	// here we hard-code rucio url since it should be used by dasgoclient
+	// for das web it will be fetched from dasmaps DB, otherwise
+	// it should be either set via RUCIO_URL or we should have valid default
+	return utils.AdjustUrl(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", RucioURL, url))
 }
 func bareRucioUrl() string {
 	v := utils.GetEnv("RUCIO_URL")
diff --git a/services/services.go b/services/services.go
index 7d3f58a..af6f3ee 100644
--- a/services/services.go
+++ b/services/services.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 // FrontendURL represents DAS frontend URL
 var FrontendURL string
 
+// RucioURL represents Rucio URL
+var RucioURL string
+
 // remap function uses DAS notations and convert series of DAS records
 // into another set where appropriate remapping is done
 func remap(api string, records []mongo.DASRecord, notations []mongo.DASRecord) []mongo.DASRecord {
diff --git a/web/server.go b/web/server.go
index 360e9f6..96b5fbe 100644
--- a/web/server.go
+++ b/web/server.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func Server(configFile string) {
 	utils.DASMAPS = config.Config.DasMaps
 	utils.TIMEOUT = config.Config.Timeout
 	services.FrontendURL = config.Config.Frontend
+	services.RucioURL = config.Config.RucioUrl
 	interval := time.Duration(config.Config.TLSCertsRenewInterval)
 	utils.TLSCertsRenewInterval = time.Duration(interval * time.Second)
 	utils.RucioTokenCurl = config.Config.RucioTokenCurl