diff --git a/imixs-workflow-index-solr/src/main/java/org/imixs/workflow/engine/solr/SolrIndexService.java b/imixs-workflow-index-solr/src/main/java/org/imixs/workflow/engine/solr/SolrIndexService.java
index 09e850ade..f8aa83c46 100644
--- a/imixs-workflow-index-solr/src/main/java/org/imixs/workflow/engine/solr/SolrIndexService.java
+++ b/imixs-workflow-index-solr/src/main/java/org/imixs/workflow/engine/solr/SolrIndexService.java
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public class SolrIndexService {
 	private EntityManager manager;
 
 	@Inject
-	@ConfigProperty(name = "solr.server", defaultValue = "http://solr:8983")
-	private String host;
+	@ConfigProperty(name = "solr.api", defaultValue = "http://solr:8983")
+	private String api;
 
 	@Inject
 	@ConfigProperty(name = "solr.core", defaultValue = "imixs-workflow")
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class SolrIndexService {
 	@PostConstruct
 	public void init() {
 		// create rest client
-		restClient = new RestClient(host);
+		restClient = new RestClient(api);
 		if (user != null && !user.isEmpty()) {
 			BasicAuthenticator authenticator = new BasicAuthenticator(user, password);
 			restClient.registerRequestFilter(authenticator);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public void setup(@Observes SetupEvent setupEvent) throws RestAPIException {
 
 		// try to get the schma of the core...
 		try {
-			String existingSchema = restClient.get(host + "/api/cores/" + core + "/schema");
+			String existingSchema = restClient.get(api + "/api/cores/" + core + "/schema");
 			logger.info("...core   - OK ");
 
 			// update schema
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public void updateSchema(String schema) throws RestAPIException {
 		String schemaUpdate = buildUpdateSchema(schema);
 		// test if the schemaUdpate contains instructions....
 		if (!"{}".equals(schemaUpdate)) {
-			String uri = host + "/api/cores/" + core + "/schema";
+			String uri = api + "/api/cores/" + core + "/schema";
 			logger.info("...updating schema '" + core + "':");
 			logger.finest("..." + schemaUpdate);
 			restClient.post(uri, schemaUpdate, "application/json");
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public void indexDocuments(List<ItemCollection> documents) throws RestAPIExcepti
 				logger.finest(xmlRequest);
 			}
 
-			String uri = host + "/solr/" + core + "/update?commit=true";
+			String uri = api + "/solr/" + core + "/update?commit=true";
 			restClient.post(uri, xmlRequest, "text/xml");
 		}
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public void removeDocuments(List<String> documents) throws RestAPIException {
 			}
 			xmlDelete.append("</delete>");
 			String xmlRequest = xmlDelete.toString();
-			String uri = host + "/solr/" + core + "/update";
+			String uri = api + "/solr/" + core + "/update";
 			logger.finest("......delete documents '" + core + "':");
 			restClient.post(uri, xmlRequest, "text/xml");
 		}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public String query(String searchTerm, int pageSize, int pageIndex, SortOrder so
 
 		// URL Encode the query string....
 		try {
-			uri.append(host + "/solr/" + core + "/query");
+			uri.append(api + "/solr/" + core + "/query");
 
 			// set default operator?
 			if (defaultOperator == DefaultOperator.OR) {
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/engine/luceneservice.md b/src/site/markdown/engine/luceneservice.md
index 21a9bdea4..f84e83ff5 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/engine/luceneservice.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/engine/luceneservice.md
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Apache Solr provides a lot of flexibility in configuration and offers additional
 
 There is a set of optional properties which can be set to access the solr instance: 
 
- - _solr.server_ - solr host (default http://solr:8983);
+ - _solr.api_ - solr api endpoint (default host=http://solr:8983);
  - _solr.core_ - the solr core (default 'imixs-workflow')
  - _solr.configset_ - an optional solr config set (default set is '_default')
  - _solr.user_ - optional user id to login 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ The optional parameter can be set together with the  the index schema configurat
 	index.fields.analyze=
 	index.fields.noanalyze=datDate,txtWorkflowGroup,txtemail, datdate, datfrom, datto, numsequencenumber, txtUsername	
 	# Solr configuration
-	solr.server=http://my-solr-host:8983
+	solr.api=http://my-solr-host:8983