diff --git a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
index 2a98c8627a..413d4e3c85 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var _ = SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 			CertFile:   filepath.Join(testCertDir, "metron.crt"),
 			CACertFile: filepath.Join(testCertDir, "loggregator-ca.crt"),
 		},
+		MetronAddress: "invalid-host-name-blah:12345",
 	}
 	serverConfig := config.ServerConfig{
 		Port: 2222 + GinkgoParallelProcess(),