diff --git a/tests/libtransport/BasicSlackTest.cpp b/tests/libtransport/BasicSlackTest.cpp
index f30df3c4b679bbc911acf1eaa2965ea1dedf85cd..c76d4c1505b7bc67570863dfc825e874434fc81c 100644
--- a/tests/libtransport/BasicSlackTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/libtransport/BasicSlackTest.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 using namespace Transport;
 
 void BasicSlackTest::setMeUp (void) {
-	std::istringstream ifs("service.server_mode = 1\nservice.jid=localhost\nservice.more_resources=1\n");
+	std::istringstream ifs("service.server_mode = 1\nservice.jid=localhost\nservice.more_resources=1\nservice.admin_jid=me@localhost\n");
 	cfg = new Config();
 	cfg->load(ifs);