diff --git a/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 825edea4..5f83bec8 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/DependencyInjection/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ using System.Net.Http;
 using CacheManager.Core;
 using IdentityServer4.AccessTokenValidation;
 using IdentityServer4.Models;
-using IdentityServer4.Test;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -32,12 +30,14 @@ using Ocelot.Infrastructure.Claims.Parser;
 using Ocelot.Infrastructure.RequestData;
 using Ocelot.LoadBalancer.LoadBalancers;
 using Ocelot.Logging;
+using Ocelot.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.QueryStrings;
 using Ocelot.Request.Builder;
 using Ocelot.Requester;
 using Ocelot.Requester.QoS;
 using Ocelot.Responder;
 using Ocelot.ServiceDiscovery;
+using FileConfigurationProvider = Ocelot.Configuration.Provider.FileConfigurationProvider;
 
 namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
 {
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
             services.AddSingleton<IOcelotConfigurationCreator, FileOcelotConfigurationCreator>();
             services.AddSingleton<IOcelotConfigurationRepository, InMemoryOcelotConfigurationRepository>();
             services.AddSingleton<IConfigurationValidator, FileConfigurationValidator>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IBaseUrlFinder, BaseUrlFinder>();
 
             var identityServerConfiguration = GetIdentityServerConfiguration();
             
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.DependencyInjection
             services.AddLogging();
             services.AddSingleton<IFileConfigurationRepository, FileConfigurationRepository>();
             services.AddSingleton<IFileConfigurationSetter, FileConfigurationSetter>();
-            services.AddSingleton<Configuration.Provider.IFileConfigurationProvider, Configuration.Provider.FileConfigurationProvider>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IFileConfigurationProvider, FileConfigurationProvider>();
             services.AddSingleton<IQosProviderHouse, QosProviderHouse>();
             services.AddSingleton<IQoSProviderFactory, QoSProviderFactory>();
             services.AddSingleton<IServiceDiscoveryProviderFactory, ServiceDiscoveryProviderFactory>();
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/BaseUrlFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/BaseUrlFinder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da1fda4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/BaseUrlFinder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+
+namespace Ocelot.Middleware
+{
+    public class BaseUrlFinder : IBaseUrlFinder
+    {
+        private readonly IWebHostBuilder _webHostBuilder;
+
+        public BaseUrlFinder(IWebHostBuilder webHostBuilder)
+        {
+            _webHostBuilder = webHostBuilder;
+        }
+
+        public string Find()
+        {
+            var baseSchemeUrlAndPort = _webHostBuilder.GetSetting(WebHostDefaults.ServerUrlsKey);
+
+            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(baseSchemeUrlAndPort) ? "http://localhost:5000" : baseSchemeUrlAndPort;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/IBaseUrlFinder.cs b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/IBaseUrlFinder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df54c0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/IBaseUrlFinder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Ocelot.Middleware
+{
+    public interface IBaseUrlFinder
+    {
+        string Find();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/OcelotMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/OcelotMiddlewareExtensions.cs
index 553b05b8..bf384dd2 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/OcelotMiddlewareExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/OcelotMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ namespace Ocelot.Middleware
 
             if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(configuration.AdministrationPath) && identityServerConfiguration != null)
             {
-                var webHostBuilder = (IWebHostBuilder)builder.ApplicationServices.GetService(typeof(IWebHostBuilder));
-                
-                var baseSchemeUrlAndPort = webHostBuilder.GetSetting(WebHostDefaults.ServerUrlsKey);
+                var urlFinder = (IBaseUrlFinder)builder.ApplicationServices.GetService(typeof(IBaseUrlFinder));
+
+                var baseSchemeUrlAndPort = urlFinder.Find();
                 
                 builder.Map(configuration.AdministrationPath, app =>
                 {
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Middleware
                 });
             }
         }
+        
         private static void UseIfNotNull(this IApplicationBuilder builder, Func<HttpContext, Func<Task>, Task> middleware)
         {
             if (middleware != null)
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Middleware/BaseUrlFinderTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Middleware/BaseUrlFinderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0777a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Middleware/BaseUrlFinderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Moq;
+using Ocelot.Middleware;
+using Shouldly;
+using TestStack.BDDfy;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Middleware
+{
+    public class BaseUrlFinderTests
+    {
+        private readonly BaseUrlFinder _baseUrlFinder;
+        private readonly Mock<IWebHostBuilder> _webHostBuilder;
+        private string _result;
+
+        public BaseUrlFinderTests()
+        {
+            _webHostBuilder = new Mock<IWebHostBuilder>();
+            _baseUrlFinder = new BaseUrlFinder(_webHostBuilder.Object);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_find_base_url_based_on_webhostbuilder()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => GivenTheWebHostBuilderReturns("http://localhost:7000"))
+                .When(x => WhenIFindTheUrl())
+                .Then(x => ThenTheUrlIs("http://localhost:7000"))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_use_default_base_url()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => GivenTheWebHostBuilderReturns(""))
+              .When(x => WhenIFindTheUrl())
+              .Then(x => ThenTheUrlIs("http://localhost:5000"))
+              .BDDfy();
+        }
+
+        private void GivenTheWebHostBuilderReturns(string url)
+        {
+            _webHostBuilder
+                .Setup(x => x.GetSetting(WebHostDefaults.ServerUrlsKey))
+                .Returns(url);
+        }
+
+        private void WhenIFindTheUrl()
+        {
+            _result = _baseUrlFinder.Find();
+        }
+
+        private void ThenTheUrlIs(string expected)
+        {
+            _result.ShouldBe(expected);
+        }
+    }
+}