diff --git a/bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh b/bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh
index f9f87d6dfb0c3a4d5fb0b94791a5027d0361ecb2..5c78ee177941e2701363fd6a9dac381576c79ed3 100755
--- a/bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export TANGO_LOFAR_CONTAINER_MOUNT=${TANGO_LOFAR_LOCAL_DIR}:${TANGO_LOFAR_CONTAI
 # This needs to be modified for a development environment.
 # In case you run multiple Docker networks on the same host in parallel, you need to specify a unique
 # network name for each of them.
-export NETWORK_MODE=lofar
+export NETWORK_MODE=tangonet
 
 # It is assumed that the Tango host, the computer that runs the TangoDB, is this host.
 # If this is not true, then modify to the Tango host's FQDN and port.