diff --git a/dht-node/.env.dist b/dht-node/.env.dist
index 5d287ee1a..51728d3e1 100644
--- a/dht-node/.env.dist
+++ b/dht-node/.env.dist
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ TYPEORM_LOGGING_RELATIVE_PATH=typeorm.dht-node.log
 # LOG_LEVEL=info
 
 # Federation
-# if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen
-# on an hash created from this topic
+# if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen on an hash created from this topic
 FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC=GRADIDO_HUB
-# FEDERATION_DHT_SEED=64ebcb0e3ad547848fef4197c6e2332f 
-# FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL=http://localhost
-# FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT=5000
+# FEDERATION_DHT_SEED=64ebcb0e3ad547848fef4197c6e2332f
+FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL=http://localhost
+# the api port is the dht baseport, which will be added with the supported api-versions, e.g. 1_0 = 5010
+FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT=5000
diff --git a/dht-node/.env.template b/dht-node/.env.template
index b3e5d6478..243bfc60f 100644
--- a/dht-node/.env.template
+++ b/dht-node/.env.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_VERSION=$BACKEND_CONFIG_VERSION
+CONFIG_VERSION=$FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION
 
 # Database
 DB_HOST=localhost