diff --git a/api/server/db/mongo/__init__.py b/api/server/db/mongo/__init__.py
index d4446e862..aae45a9f8 100644
--- a/api/server/db/mongo/__init__.py
+++ b/api/server/db/mongo/__init__.py
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.async_client = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient(username=config.DB_USERNAME,
                                                                    password=config.get_from_file(config.MONGO_KEY_PATH),
                                                                    host=config.MONGO_HOST,
-                                                                   port=config.MONGO_PORT)
+                                                                   port=config.get_int("MONGO_PORT"))
 
         self.reg_client = pymongo.MongoClient(username=config.DB_USERNAME,
                                               password=config.get_from_file(config.MONGO_KEY_PATH),
                                               host=config.MONGO_HOST,
-                                              port=config.MONGO_PORT)
+                                              port=config.get_int("MONGO_PORT"))
 
         self.init_db()
 
diff --git a/common/config.py b/common/config.py
index fe40fafcb..745a50740 100644
--- a/common/config.py
+++ b/common/config.py
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ class Config:
     # DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY = os.getenv("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY", "1")
     # DOCKER_CERT_PATH = os.getenv("DOCKER_CERT_PATH", "/Path/to/certs/for/remote/docker/daemon")
 
-    def get_int(self, key, default):
+    def get_int(self, key, default=None):
         return sint(getattr(self, key), default)
 
-    def get_float(self, key, default):
+    def get_float(self, key, default=None):
         return sfloat(getattr(self, key), default)
 
     def load_config(self):