diff --git a/datagateway_api/config.json.example b/datagateway_api/config.json.example
index 2bf972a8..5292d18f 100644
--- a/datagateway_api/config.json.example
+++ b/datagateway_api/config.json.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "datagateway_api": {
         "extension": "/datagateway-api",
-        "backend": "db",
+        "backend": "python_icat",
         "client_cache_size": 5,
         "client_pool_init_size": 2,
         "client_pool_max_size": 5,