diff --git a/gso/oss-params-example.json b/gso/oss-params-example.json
index 9c48d63db1dd48d0fbc489b8260aae536ee3b641..cc46f4f52f82ac0d768772ee642733bb9873b4db 100644
--- a/gso/oss-params-example.json
+++ b/gso/oss-params-example.json
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   "GENERAL": {
     "public_hostname": "https://gap.geant.org"
   },
-  "RESOURCE_MANAGER_API_PREFIX": "http://localhost:44444",
+  "RESOURCE_MANAGEMENT": {
+    "todo": "todo"
+  },
   "IPAM": {
     "INFOBLOX": {
       "scheme": "https",
diff --git a/gso/settings.py b/gso/settings.py
index 88f5dc924a4108e8dbd6aed6c49d2f5a78c64c2a..2d527ff1eddb19ef95ba1068d2deda6b604e9c4f 100644
--- a/gso/settings.py
+++ b/gso/settings.py
@@ -75,12 +75,17 @@ class ProvisioningProxyParams(BaseSettings):
     api_version: int
 
 
+class ResourceManagementParams(BaseSettings):
+    """TO DO: resource management parameters"""
+    todo: str
+
+
 class OSSParams(BaseSettings):
     """The set of parameters required for running GSO."""
 
     GENERAL: GeneralParams
     IPAM: IPAMParams
-    RESOURCE_MANAGER_API_PREFIX: str
+    RESOURCE_MANAGEMENT: ResourceManagementParams
     PROVISIONING_PROXY: ProvisioningProxyParams
 
 
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index a53a4c7971d0340dcd2bc193ca4dd7b5e50a95aa..1ef473a1c3cbcadb18a98932945ca3bb6c6b4ede 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ def configuration_data() -> dict:
         s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
         yield {
             "GENERAL": {"public_hostname": "https://gap.geant.org"},
-            "RESOURCE_MANAGER_API_PREFIX": "http://localhost:44444",
+            "RESOURCE_MANAGEMENT": {
+                'todo': 'todo'
+            },
             "IPAM": {
                 "INFOBLOX": {
                     "scheme": "https",