diff --git a/config.default.json b/config.default.json
index c302c4d37e0d78a879c8b32d04a4bd913c709c61..da3c2d6ffbb6f1261acb8ffbad58994ec7fb4102 100644
--- a/config.default.json
+++ b/config.default.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     }
   },
   "database": {
-    "directory": "mainnetdb"
+    "directory": "mainnetdb",
+    "inMemory": false
   },
   "drng": {
     "instanceId": 1,
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@
     "distributedPubKey": "",
     "committeeMembers": []
   },
+  "fpc": {
+    "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0:10895"
+  },
   "gossip": {
     "port": 14666
   },
@@ -49,9 +53,13 @@
     ],
     "disableEvents": true,
     "remotelog": {
-      "serverAddress": "remotelog.goshimmer.iota.cafe:5213"
+      "serverAddress": "ressims.iota.cafe:5213"
     }
   },
+  "metrics": {
+    "local": true,
+    "global": false
+  },
   "network": {
     "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0",
     "externalAddress": "auto"
@@ -65,6 +73,9 @@
     "numThreads": 1,
     "timeout": "1m"
   },
+  "profiling": {
+    "bindAddress": "127.0.0.1:6061"
+  },
   "prometheus": {
     "bindAddress": "127.0.0.1:9311"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/autopeering/parameters.go b/plugins/autopeering/parameters.go
index 0cd2088fb04e0ace1c5dd58df51241a8a252c512..01022ef352e2ae927b2841f399dd20c8a366607f 100644
--- a/plugins/autopeering/parameters.go
+++ b/plugins/autopeering/parameters.go
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	// CfgEntryNodes defines the config flag of the entry nodes.
 	CfgEntryNodes = "autopeering.entryNodes"
-
-	// CfgOutboundUpdateIntervalMs time after which out neighbors are updated.
-	CfgOutboundUpdateIntervalMs = "autopeering.outboundUpdateIntervalMs"
 )
 
 func init() {
 	flag.StringSlice(CfgEntryNodes, []string{"V8LYtWWcPYYDTTXLeIEFjJEuWlsjDiI0+Pq/Cx9ai6g=@116.202.49.178:14626"}, "list of trusted entry nodes for auto peering")
-	flag.Int(CfgOutboundUpdateIntervalMs, 10, "time after which out neighbors are updated")
 }
diff --git a/tools/integration-tests/tester/framework/docker.go b/tools/integration-tests/tester/framework/docker.go
index 31b9bfd5f26ceb32e26d3ff28c0c2d7caf4a112d..cbf017797caf4426122ff700ac075ecd6ce6be44 100644
--- a/tools/integration-tests/tester/framework/docker.go
+++ b/tools/integration-tests/tester/framework/docker.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func (d *DockerContainer) CreateGoShimmerPeer(config GoShimmerConfig) error {
 			"--skip-config=true",
 			"--logger.level=debug",
 			fmt.Sprintf("--valueLayer.fcob.averageNetworkDelay=%d", ParaFCoBAverageNetworkDelay),
-			fmt.Sprintf("--autopeering.outboundUpdateIntervalMs=%d", ParaOutboundUpdateIntervalMs),
 			fmt.Sprintf("--node.disablePlugins=%s", config.DisabledPlugins),
 			fmt.Sprintf("--pow.difficulty=%d", ParaPoWDifficulty),
 			fmt.Sprintf("--gracefulshutdown.waitToKillTime=%d", ParaWaitToKill),