diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
index f5cd761..2068c13 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     },
     'accessor': {
         'endpoint': 'xos-core.cord.lab:50051',
+        'kind': 'grpcapi',
     },
     'keep_temp_files': False,
     'enable_watchers': False,
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@
     'node_key': '/opt/cord_profile/node_key',
     'config_dir': '/etc/xos/sync',
     'backoff_disabled': True
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
index 640d61c..f41c7b2 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
       password:
         type: str
         required: True
+      kind:
+        type: str
+        required: False
   required_models:
     type: seq
     sequence: