diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
index 6735d56cce..86fbb1807b 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.html
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
             <a class="mdl-navigation__link" href="" [routerLink]="['Webscript']" (click)="hideDrawer()">Webscript</a>
             <a class="mdl-navigation__link" href="" [routerLink]="['About']" (click)="hideDrawer()">About</a>
         </nav>
+        <span class="mdl-layout-title">Configurations</span>
+        <nav class="mdl-navigation">
+            <input  type="text" class="mdl-textfield__input" id="hostecm" data-automation-id="hostecm"
+                    tabindex="1"    (change)="onChangeHost($event)" value="{{hostecm}}"/>
+        </nav>
     </div>
     <main class="mdl-layout__content">
         <div class="page-content">
diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
index 7606b158e4..2b830962bb 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/app.component.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ declare var document: any;
 export class AppComponent {
     translate: AlfrescoTranslationService;
     searchTerm: string = '';
+    hostecm: string = 'http://localhost:8080';
 
     constructor(public auth: AlfrescoAuthenticationService,
                 public router: Router,
@@ -68,11 +69,18 @@ export class AppComponent {
                 alfrescoSettingsService: AlfrescoSettingsService) {
         alfrescoSettingsService.ecmHost = 'http://localhost:8080';
         alfrescoSettingsService.bpmHost = 'http://localhost:9999';
+        alfrescoSettingsService.host = this.hostecm;
 
         this.translate = translate;
         this.translate.addTranslationFolder();
     }
 
+    public onChangeHost(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+        console.log( (<HTMLInputElement>event.target).value);
+        this.hostecm = (<HTMLInputElement>event.target).value;
+        this.alfrescoSettingsService.host = this.hostecm;
+    }
+
     isActive(instruction: any[]): boolean {
         return this.router.isRouteActive(this.router.generate(instruction));
     }