diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 3023d196f..281e60be0 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-// Used only for managing EF migrations. All other configuration is done via environment variables.
-
 {
-  "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "DirectoryConnection": "Server=directory-db;Database=filterlists;User Id=filterlists;Password=filterlists;"
-  }
-}
+    "_comment": "Used only for managing EF migrations. All other configuration is done via environment variables.",
+    "ConnectionStrings": {
+        "DirectoryConnection": "Server=directory-db;Database=filterlists;User Id=filterlists;Password=filterlists;"
+    }
+}
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