diff --git a/contrail_provisioning/config/setup.py b/contrail_provisioning/config/setup.py
index 7aac4e14..0f2142ef 100755
--- a/contrail_provisioning/config/setup.py
+++ b/contrail_provisioning/config/setup.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, args_str = None):
             'manage_neutron': 'yes',
             'orchestrator' : 'openstack',
             'amqp_port': '5672',
+            'control_ip_list': '',
         }
         self.parse_args(args_str)
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ def parse_args(self, args_str):
         parser.add_argument("--zookeeper_ip_list", help = "List of IP Addresses of zookeeper servers",
                             nargs='+', type=str)
         parser.add_argument("--control_ip_list", help = "List of IP Addresses of Control nodes",
-                            nargs='+', type=str)
+                            type=str)
         parser.add_argument("--quantum_port", help = "Quantum Server port")
         parser.add_argument("--quantum_service_protocol", help = "Protocol of quantum/neutron for nova to use ")
         parser.add_argument("--keystone_auth_protocol",