diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
index 2062f5649a47251599815195d60da771f45cdd2d..ab3a367bd1b3ae32af67c85177a5ecd0387018a2 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.cc
@@ -209,13 +209,14 @@ GCFEvent::TResult MACScheduler::initial_state(GCFEvent& event, GCFPortInterface&
 		string username	= pParamSet->getString("OTDBusername");
 		string DBname 	= pParamSet->getString("OTDBdatabasename");
 		string password	= pParamSet->getString("OTDBpassword");
+		string hostname	= pParamSet->getString("OTDBhostname");
 
-		LOG_DEBUG ("Trying to connect to the OTDB");
-		itsOTDBconnection= new OTDBconnection(username, password, DBname);
+		LOG_DEBUG_STR ("Trying to connect to the OTDB on " << hostname);
+		itsOTDBconnection= new OTDBconnection(username, password, DBname, hostname);
 		ASSERTSTR (itsOTDBconnection, "Memory allocation error (OTDB)");
 		ASSERTSTR (itsOTDBconnection->connect(),
-					"Unable to connect to database " << DBname << " using " <<
-					username << "," << password);
+					"Unable to connect to database " << DBname << " on " << hostname << 
+					" using " << username << "," << password);
 		LOG_INFO ("Connected to the OTDB");
 		itsPropertySet->setValue(PN_MS_OTDB_CONNECTED, GCFPVBool(true));
 
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
index eaad4f8d4186be9ddf915a1f888076cabd180fbf..69fca7ddad6fbcc868fb3fcfa2c6e0fdc9ab1791 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/MACScheduler.conf.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 prefix				= LOFAR.PermSW.MACScheduler
 
 OTDBdatabasename	= overeem
+OTDBhostname		= dop50.astron.nl
 OTDBusername		= paulus
 OTDBpassword		= boskabouter
 OTDBpollInterval	= 5s
diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/Makefile.am b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/Makefile.am
index f04e13655e424af5e36dc73238a62ed985f745af..e2e5b780aaee6350f7af85895fb9f26105e417b1 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/Makefile.am
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/MACScheduler/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-in_PROGRAMS 				= MACScheduler 
+bin_PROGRAMS 				= MACScheduler 
 
 MACScheduler_CPPFLAGS		= -DBOOST_DISABLE_THREADS \
 							  -Wno-deprecated \