diff --git a/.angular-cli.json b/.angular-cli.json
index 6cdb561bf..4b2170bbe 100644
--- a/.angular-cli.json
+++ b/.angular-cli.json
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
   },
   "defaults": {
     "styleExt": "scss",
-    "component": {}
+    "component": {},
+    "serve": {
+      "proxyConfig": "proxy.conf.json",
+      "port": 3000
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ad3470f6..50ac090c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "scripts": {
     "ng": "ng",
-    "start": "ng serve --proxy-config proxy.conf.json --open",
+    "start": "ng serve --open",
     "build": "ng build",
     "test": "ng test",
     "lint": "ng lint",
diff --git a/src/app/ui/application.scss b/src/app/ui/application.scss
index 58c2fcae1..5a7365ee3 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/application.scss
+++ b/src/app/ui/application.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ html, body {
     margin: 0;
 }
 
-alfresco-content-app > ng-component {
+app-root > ng-component {
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;