diff --git a/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py b/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
index 4b3dca8b..6b96929f 100644
--- a/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
+++ b/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ repositories_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt(
         name='alarm_state_history_driver',
         help='The repository driver to use for alarm state history',
-        default=('monasca_persister.repositories.influxdb.metrics_repository:'
-                 'MetricInfluxdbRepository')),
+        default=('monasca_persister.repositories.influxdb.'
+                 'alarm_state_history_repository:'
+                 'AlarmStateHistInfluxdbRepository')),
     cfg.StrOpt(
         name='events_driver',
         help='The repository driver to use for events',