diff --git a/manifests/lam.pp b/manifests/lam.pp
index 2cede2e..0063bb9 100644
--- a/manifests/lam.pp
+++ b/manifests/lam.pp
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ class wmdeit_ldap::lam(
 							default => $spw
 						},
 
-				
-					
+			server_url => $conf['server_url'] ? {
+							undef => "",
+							default => 'ldap://localhost:389'
+						},
 		} 
 	}
 
@@ -147,6 +149,8 @@ define wmdeit_ldap::lam::config
 	$login_search_dn = "",
 	$login_search_filter = "",
 	$login_search_password = "",
+	$server_url ,
+
 	
 ){
 	if (!$suffix_user) or (!$suffix_group) {
diff --git a/templates/wmde.conf.erb b/templates/wmde.conf.erb
index 678d96b..18f4b1c 100644
--- a/templates/wmde.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/wmde.conf.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ###################################################################################################
 
 # server address (e.g. ldap://localhost:389 or ldaps://localhost:636)
-ServerURL: ldap://localhost:389
+ServerURL: <%= @server_url %>
 
 # list of users who are allowed to use LDAP Account Manager
 # names have to be seperated by semicolons