diff --git a/utils/couchdb/couchdb-init.sh b/utils/couchdb/couchdb-init.sh
index a18fa03..323c13f 100755
--- a/utils/couchdb/couchdb-init.sh
+++ b/utils/couchdb/couchdb-init.sh
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@ if [[ -z "$password" ]]; then
     echo "ERROR: Password missing"
     exit 1
 fi
+if [[ -z "$node" ]]; then
+    echo "INFO: defaulting to _local"
+    node=_local
+fi
 
 echo "-- Configuring CouchDB by REST APIs... -->"
 
 until (curl -X POST "${hostname}/_cluster_setup" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"action\":\"enable_single_node\",\"username\":\"${username}\",\"password\":\"${password}\",\"bind_address\":\"0.0.0.0\",\"port\":5984,\"singlenode\":true}" --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/chttpd/require_valid_user" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/chttpd_auth/require_valid_user" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/httpd/WWW-Authenticate" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"Basic realm=\"couchdb\""' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/httpd/enable_cors" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/chttpd/enable_cors" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/chttpd/max_http_request_size" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"4294967296"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/couchdb/max_document_size" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"50000000"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/cors/credentials" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
-until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/nonode@nohost/_config/cors/origins" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"app://obsidian.md,capacitor://localhost,http://localhost"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/chttpd/require_valid_user" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/chttpd_auth/require_valid_user" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/httpd/WWW-Authenticate" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"Basic realm=\"couchdb\""' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/httpd/enable_cors" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/chttpd/enable_cors" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/chttpd/max_http_request_size" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"4294967296"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/couchdb/max_document_size" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"50000000"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/cors/credentials" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"true"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
+until (curl -X PUT "${hostname}/_node/${node}/_config/cors/origins" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '"app://obsidian.md,capacitor://localhost,http://localhost"' --user "${username}:${password}"); do sleep 5; done
 
-echo "<-- Configuring CouchDB by REST APIs Done!"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "<-- Configuring CouchDB by REST APIs Done!"