diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 0823434b2..133e06635 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ taskana.ldap.maxNumberOfReturnedAccessIds=50
 taskana.jobscheduler.cron=0 * * * * *
 ####### cache static resources properties
 spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
+####### tomcat is not detecting the x-forward headers from bluemix as a trustworthy proxy
+server.tomcat.internal-proxies=.*
+server.use-forward-headers=true
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/static/environments/data-sources/environment-information.json b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/static/environments/data-sources/environment-information.json
index dfb727b53..7b85c397c 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/static/environments/data-sources/environment-information.json
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/src/main/resources/static/environments/data-sources/environment-information.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "taskanaRestUrl": "https://taskana-rest.mybluemix.net"
+  "taskanaRestUrl": "https://taskana.mybluemix.net"
 }
diff --git a/web/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/web/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 6659e7c0d..f68e6bc82 100644
--- a/web/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/web/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export const environment = {
   production: true,
-  taskanaRestUrl: 'https://taskana-rest.mybluemix.net'
+  taskanaRestUrl: 'https://taskana.mybluemix.net'
 };