diff --git a/src/nodemgr/database_nodemgr/contrail-database-nodemgr.conf b/src/nodemgr/database_nodemgr/contrail-database-nodemgr.conf
index 8e1f0ed2aa4..5557ef08dee 100644
--- a/src/nodemgr/database_nodemgr/contrail-database-nodemgr.conf
+++ b/src/nodemgr/database_nodemgr/contrail-database-nodemgr.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[DEFAULT]
+[DEFAULTS]
 hostip=127.0.0.1
 #contrail_databases=config analytics
 minimum_diskGB=4
diff --git a/src/nodemgr/main.py b/src/nodemgr/main.py
index 8ac356070c9..11c024aa6d0 100755
--- a/src/nodemgr/main.py
+++ b/src/nodemgr/main.py
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ def main(args_str=' '.join(sys.argv[1:])):
         return
     config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
     config.read([config_file])
-    if 'DEFAULT' in config.sections():
-        default.update(dict(config.items('DEFAULT')))
+    if 'DEFAULTS' in config.sections():
+        default.update(dict(config.items('DEFAULTS')))
     if 'DISCOVERY' in config.sections():
         disc_options.update(dict(config.items('DISCOVERY')))
     disc_options['discovery_server'] = disc_options.pop('server')
@@ -146,8 +146,9 @@ def main(args_str=' '.join(sys.argv[1:])):
     parser.add_argument("--introspect_ssl_enable", action="store_true",
                         help="Enable ssl for introspect connection")
     if (node_type == 'contrail-database'):
-        parser.add_argument("--minimum_diskgb",
+        parser.add_argument("--minimum_diskGB",
                             type=int,
+                            dest='minimum_diskgb',
                             help="Minimum disk space in GB's")
         parser.add_argument("--contrail_databases",
                             nargs='+',