diff --git a/src/bank-lib/bank.conf b/src/bank-lib/bank.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0610606cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bank-lib/bank.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[taler]
+currency = KUDOS
diff --git a/src/bank-lib/test_bank_api.c b/src/bank-lib/test_bank_api.c
index 0d8e609f5..6fded4b79 100644
--- a/src/bank-lib/test_bank_api.c
+++ b/src/bank-lib/test_bank_api.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ main (int argc,
                                    "taler-bank-manage",
                                    "taler-bank-manage",
                                    "--with-db", dbconn,
+                                   "-c", "bank.conf",
                                    "serve-http",
                                    "--port", "8080",
                                    NULL);