diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 5357a348..993afeb1 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function init_cloudkitty {
     create_opensearch_index
 
     # Migrate cloudkitty database
-    $CLOUDKITTY_BIN_DIR/cloudkitty-dbsync upgrade
+    upgrade_cloudkitty_database
 
     # Init the storage backend
     if [ $CLOUDKITTY_STORAGE_BACKEND == 'hybrid' ]; then
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ function install_cloudkitty {
 function start_cloudkitty {
     run_process ck-proc "$CLOUDKITTY_BIN_DIR/cloudkitty-processor --config-file=$CLOUDKITTY_CONF"
     if [[ "$CLOUDKITTY_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "False" ]]; then
-        run_process ck-api "$CLOUDKITTY_BIN_DIR/cloudkitty-api --config-file=$CLOUDKITTY_CONF"
+        run_process ck-api "$CLOUDKITTY_BIN_DIR/cloudkitty-api --host $CLOUDKITTY_SERVICE_HOST --port $CLOUDKITTY_SERVICE_PORT"
     elif is_service_enabled ck-api; then
         enable_apache_site cloudkitty
         echo_summary "Waiting 15s for cloudkitty-processor to authenticate against keystone before apache is restarted."
@@ -443,6 +443,11 @@ function update_horizon_static {
     restart_apache_server
 }
 
+# Upgrade cloudkitty database
+function upgrade_cloudkitty_database {
+    $CLOUDKITTY_BIN_DIR/cloudkitty-dbsync upgrade
+}
+
 # configure_cloudkitty_dashboard() - Set config files, create data dirs, etc
 function configure_cloudkitty_dashboard {
     sudo ln -s  $CLOUDKITTY_ENABLED_DIR/_[0-9]*.py \