diff --git a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index 4b9e2bcaf7..6cdb0219a2 100644
--- a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -15,16 +15,10 @@ httpAuthUsers[httpAuthUser] = httpAuthPass
 
 sessionSecret = process.env['SESSION_SECRET'] or "secret-please-change"
 
-if process.env['V1_API_URL'] or process.env['V1_HOST']
-	v1Api =
-		url: process.env['V1_API_URL'] or "http://#{process.env['V1_HOST']}:5000"
-		user: process.env['V1_API_USER']
-		pass: process.env['V1_API_PASSWORD']
-else
-	v1Api =
-		url: undefined
-		user: undefined
-		pass: undefined
+v1Api =
+	url: process.env['V1_API_URL'] or "http://#{process.env['V1_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:5000"
+	user: process.env['V1_API_USER'] or 'overleaf'
+	pass: process.env['V1_API_PASSWORD'] or 'password'
 
 module.exports = settings =
 
@@ -165,7 +159,10 @@ module.exports = settings =
 			url: process.env['LINKED_URL_PROXY']
 		thirdpartyreferences:
 			url: "http://#{process.env['THIRD_PARTY_REFERENCES_HOST'] or 'localhost'}:3046"
-		v1: v1Api
+		v1:
+			url: v1Api.url
+			user: v1Api.user
+			pass: v1Api.pass
 		v1_history:
 			url: "http://#{process.env['V1_HISTORY_HOST'] or "localhost"}:3100/api"
 			user: process.env['V1_HISTORY_USER'] or 'staging'