diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/run.yaml b/llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/run.yaml
index b6bba1252..1f3cdfb39 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/run.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/run.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ providers:
   - provider_id: vllm-inference
     provider_type: remote::vllm
     config:
-      url: ${env.VLLM_URL}
+      url: ${env.VLLM_URL:http://localhost:8000/v1}
       max_tokens: ${env.VLLM_MAX_TOKENS:4096}
       api_token: ${env.VLLM_API_TOKEN:fake}
       tls_verify: ${env.VLLM_TLS_VERIFY:true}