diff --git a/olat.local.properties.sample b/olat.local.properties.sample
index 5498380a4bba643334ee1bada3853162eca362d6..478c51867ff3d107948c6dd2986e83f3a517b04f 100644
--- a/olat.local.properties.sample
+++ b/olat.local.properties.sample
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ supportemail=${adminemail}
 # amongst nodes within a cluster, if you are not clustering then you
 # can leave this value as is.
 instance.id=myopenolat
-# some cluster settings
-tomcat.id=2
-node.id=2
 
 ########################################################################
 # Misc / Developer settings
diff --git a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
index adb5eaea30050a9f6706cb2ee4caeb6b26f84261..05be3910e72a1bc1f4ce911c5f59a736435ec5db 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/serviceconfig/olat.properties
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ shibbolethGeneric.default=false
 cluster.mode=SingleVM
 # each node requires a unique ID (1-64) starting at "1"
 node.id=1
+tomcat.id=${node.id}
 # certain servies (e.g., notifications, course logger etc. are not
 # cluster capable and can only run on a single node - set this to
 # enabled on that node