diff --git a/misc-scripts/id_mapping/default.conf b/misc-scripts/id_mapping/default.conf
index 9c5fbd146a3d1175476e3b966810960836f79b27..08df85c524ff2a70b9059e838aa45b0f06ffc2d0 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/id_mapping/default.conf
+++ b/misc-scripts/id_mapping/default.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ targetdbname                = sf7_patch_pa_62
 ;targetuser_dna              = READONLY_USER
 ;targetdbname_dna            = homo_sapiens_core_62_37g
 
+;; the production database
+productionhost                  = ens-staging1
+productionport                  = 3306
+productionuser                  = READONLY_USER
+productiondbname                = ensembl_production
+
 ;; caching
 ;cache_method                = build_cache_all
 build_cache_auto_threshold  = 2000