diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
index 22d92badf263a8431a2efe9ca7eeda5516173f8a..64c5ce3ad450a196ab9a4a96b47e9e198864c63e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/hbp/mip/configuration/PersistenceConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 @EntityScan(basePackages = "eu.hbp.mip.model")
 public class PersistenceConfiguration {
 
+    @Value("#{'${spring.scienceDatasource.main-table:adni_merge}'}")
+    private String scienceMainTable;
+
     @Primary
     @Bean(name = "portalDatasource")
     @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.portalDatasource")
@@ -59,9 +62,6 @@ public class PersistenceConfiguration {
         return new JdbcTemplate(scienceDataSource());
     }
 
-    @Value("#{'${spring.scienceDatasource.main-table:adni_merge}'}")
-    private String scienceMainTable;
-
     @Bean(name = "entityManagerFactory")
     @DependsOn("flyway")
     public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory() {