diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
index d0ecbf1c79d15351157c0a75bfede9c5b8f4a682..4f85c13209fd9df2045451cbb331c2cd457b6586 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ password = secret
 server = 127.0.0.1
 port = 5222
 server_mode = 1
+backend_host=localhost # < this option doesn't work yet
+backend_port=10001
+users_per_backend=2
 backend=../../backends/libpurple/libpurple_backend
 #backend=../../backends/libircclient-qt/libircclient-qt_backend
 protocol=prpl-jabber