diff --git a/common/ponresourcemanager/ponresourcemanager.go b/common/ponresourcemanager/ponresourcemanager.go
index 2873dbc..b4f9130 100755
--- a/common/ponresourcemanager/ponresourcemanager.go
+++ b/common/ponresourcemanager/ponresourcemanager.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 		return nil, errors.New("Failed to init KV client")
 	}
 	// Initialize techprofile for this technology
-	if PONMgr.TechProfileMgr, _ = tp.NewTechProfile(&PONMgr); PONMgr.TechProfileMgr == nil {
+	if PONMgr.TechProfileMgr, _ = tp.NewTechProfile(&PONMgr, Backend, Host, Port); PONMgr.TechProfileMgr == nil {
 		log.Error("Techprofile initialization failed")
 		return nil, errors.New("Failed to init tech profile")
 	}
diff --git a/common/techprofile/config.go b/common/techprofile/config.go
index 5312dc0..9d521ed 100644
--- a/common/techprofile/config.go
+++ b/common/techprofile/config.go
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 	defaultPbits                  = "0b11111111"
 
 	defaultKVStoreType    = "etcd"
-	defaultKVStoreTimeout = 5            //in seconds
-	defaultKVStoreHost    = "172.21.0.8" // TODO: Need to get IP from adapter
-	defaultKVStorePort    = 2379         // Consul = 8500; Etcd = 2379
+	defaultKVStoreTimeout = 5 //in seconds
+	defaultKVStoreHost    = "127.0.0.1"
+	defaultKVStorePort    = 2379 // Consul = 8500; Etcd = 2379
 
 	// Tech profile path prefix in kv store
 	defaultKVPathPrefix = "service/voltha/technology_profiles"
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@
 	DefaultNumTconts     uint32
 }
 
-func NewTechProfileFlags() *TechProfileFlags {
+func NewTechProfileFlags(KVStoreType string, KVStoreHost string, KVStorePort int) *TechProfileFlags {
 	// initialize with default values
 	var techProfileFlags = TechProfileFlags{
 		KVBackend:            nil,
-		KVStoreHost:          defaultKVStoreHost,
-		KVStorePort:          defaultKVStorePort,
-		KVStoreType:          defaultKVStoreType,
+		KVStoreHost:          KVStoreHost,
+		KVStorePort:          KVStorePort,
+		KVStoreType:          KVStoreType,
 		KVStoreTimeout:       defaultKVStoreTimeout,
 		DefaultTPName:        defaultTechProfileName,
 		TPKVPathPrefix:       defaultKVPathPrefix,
diff --git a/common/techprofile/tech_profile.go b/common/techprofile/tech_profile.go
index 2879e99..e41e064 100644
--- a/common/techprofile/tech_profile.go
+++ b/common/techprofile/tech_profile.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 
 func newKVClient(storeType string, address string, timeout int) (kvstore.Client, error) {
 
-	log.Infow("kv-store-type", log.Fields{"store": storeType})
+	log.Infow("kv-store", log.Fields{"storeType": storeType, "address": address})
 	switch storeType {
 	case "consul":
 		return kvstore.NewConsulClient(address, timeout)
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@
 	return nil, errors.New("unsupported-kv-store")
 }
 
-func NewTechProfile(resourceMgr iPonResourceMgr) (*TechProfileMgr, error) {
+func NewTechProfile(resourceMgr iPonResourceMgr, KVStoreType string, KVStoreHost string, KVStorePort int) (*TechProfileMgr, error) {
 	var techprofileObj TechProfileMgr
 	log.Debug("Initializing techprofile Manager")
-	techprofileObj.config = NewTechProfileFlags()
+	techprofileObj.config = NewTechProfileFlags(KVStoreType, KVStoreHost, KVStorePort)
 	techprofileObj.config.KVBackend = techprofileObj.SetKVClient()
 	if techprofileObj.config.KVBackend == nil {
 		log.Error("Failed to initialize KV backend\n")