diff --git a/install-linux.sh b/install-linux.sh
index d0cb899..7e3412b 100755
--- a/install-linux.sh
+++ b/install-linux.sh
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ update_config_files() {
 			fi
 		done
 
+		# service monitor has different parsing for storage endpoints
+		set_config "storage-endpoints" "localhost:${CYRAL_STORAGE_MANAGER_PORT}" "service-monitor"
+
 		echo "Configuring storage manager to act as proxy"
 		set_config "proxy" "true" "storage-manager"
 		set_config "is-sidecar-service" "true" "storage-manager"