diff --git a/orm/base_config.py b/orm/base_config.py
index 053087aa..8e4d3f89 100644
--- a/orm/base_config.py
+++ b/orm/base_config.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ OrmRmsGroup = [
                 default=7003,
                 help='Rms port.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('url',
-               default='http://127.0.0.1:7003/',
+               default='http://127.0.0.1:7003',
                help='Rms url.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('log',
                default='rms.log',
diff --git a/orm/services/resource_distributor/config.py b/orm/services/resource_distributor/config.py
index 1213e2ae..46c535cc 100755
--- a/orm/services/resource_distributor/config.py
+++ b/orm/services/resource_distributor/config.py
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ rds = {
 }
 
 ordupdate = {
-    'discovery_url': 'http://' + config.orm_host,
-    'discovery_port': config.rms['port'],
+    'discovery_url': config.rms['base_url'],
     'template_type': 'hot',
     # This flag should be false only in case the ord does not support https.
     'https_enabled': config.https_enabled,
diff --git a/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/ordupdate/ord_notifier.py b/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/ordupdate/ord_notifier.py
index 0bb837b9..99a9e380 100755
--- a/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/ordupdate/ord_notifier.py
+++ b/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/ordupdate/ord_notifier.py
@@ -284,10 +284,7 @@ def notify_ord(transaction_id,
     error_msg = ''
     transaction_type = '%s %s' % (operation, resource_type, )
     try:
-        # Discover the ranger agent url
-        discover_url = '%s:%d' % (conf.ordupdate.discovery_url,
-                                  conf.ordupdate.discovery_port,)
-        ord_to_update = _find_correct_ord(discover_url, region_id, headers)
+        ord_to_update = _find_correct_ord(conf.ordupdate.discovery_url, region_id, headers)
 
         if ord_to_update is None:
             message = 'Ranger Agent URL of LCP %s not found' % (region_id, )
diff --git a/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/utils/utils.py b/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/utils/utils.py
index 6bfd2d16..f334c6c2 100755
--- a/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/utils/utils.py
+++ b/orm/services/resource_distributor/rds/utils/utils.py
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ def invoke_delete_region(data):
 
 
 def _get_all_rms_regions():
-    # rms url
-    discover_url = '%s:%d' % (conf.ordupdate.discovery_url,
-                              conf.ordupdate.discovery_port,)
     # get all regions
     headers = {}
     headers['X-Auth-Region'] = request.headers[
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_all_rms_regions():
         'X-Auth-Token'] if 'X-Auth-Token' in \
         request.headers else ''
     # get all regions
-    response = requests.get('%s/v2/orm/regions' % (discover_url),
+    response = requests.get('%s/v2/orm/regions' % (conf.ordupdate.discovery_url),
                             headers=headers, verify=conf.verify)
     if response.status_code != 200:
         # fail to get regions