diff --git a/app/models/mongodb.js b/app/models/mongodb.js
index f8893b7ad..2a956f12e 100644
--- a/app/models/mongodb.js
+++ b/app/models/mongodb.js
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ exports.init = function(readyCallback) {
   var authStr = '';
   if (authUser && authPassword) authStr = authUser + ':' + authPassword + '@';
 
-  var url = 'mongodb://' + authStr + host + ':' + port; // + "?w=1";
+  var url = 'mongodb://' + authStr + host + ':' + port + '/' + dbName; // + "?w=1";
 
-  console.log('Connecting to ' + url + '/' + dbName + '...');
+  console.log('Connecting to ' + url + '...');
 
   var options = {
     native_parser: true,
diff --git a/scripts/algolia-search-index/mongodb-wrapper.js b/scripts/algolia-search-index/mongodb-wrapper.js
index 9bd43c6e1..dc575740e 100644
--- a/scripts/algolia-search-index/mongodb-wrapper.js
+++ b/scripts/algolia-search-index/mongodb-wrapper.js
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ const cacheCollections = function(db, callback) {
 };
 
 const initMongo = (params, callback) => {
-  var url = makeConnUrl(params);
+  var url = makeConnUrl(params) + '/' + dbName;
   var dbName = params.mongoDbDatabase || process.env.MONGODB_DATABASE;
-  console.log('Connecting to ' + url + '/' + dbName + '...');
+  console.log('Connecting to ' + url + '...');
   mongodb.MongoClient.connect(url, MONGO_OPTIONS, (err, client) => {
     if (err) {
       callback(err);