diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
index a5747d161ecfe20b701ee7b62e29dcd2d89c5c84..d03d9eb0b60f87fa2029cd44d856c0e2bead0dce 100644
--- a/config/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "mongodb": {
       "url": "MONGODB_ACL_URL",
       "dbName": "MONGODB_ACL_DBNAME"
-    }
+    },
+    "defaultRole": "ACL_DEFAULT_ROLE"
   },
   "profiles": {
     "mongodb": {
diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index f386482cdc5ce2380e5aa126dfd4d56f10004011..82c069f077f182f8eafd85130b2777260040c18e 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     "mongodb": {
       "url": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
       "dbName": "motionbank-api-acl"
-    }
+    },
+    "defaultRole": null
   },
   "profiles": {
     "mongodb": {
diff --git a/config/dev.json b/config/dev.json
index 7b42f38726e8f38b63985884a9d783f6c9a907ae..ae237f730a7ea2c245a242cb782c8f1ac7febcde 100644
--- a/config/dev.json
+++ b/config/dev.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "mongodb": {
       "url": "mongodb://localhost:27017",
       "dbName": "motionbank-api-acl-dev"
-    }
+    },
+    "defaultRole": null
   },
   "profiles": {
     "mongodb": {