diff --git a/packages/metricsforwarder/spec b/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
index f40b8e4e3f..e66957c2ff 100644
--- a/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
+++ b/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ files:
 - autoscaler/*
 - autoscaler/vendor/*
 - autoscaler/cf/* # gosub
+- autoscaler/configutil/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/cred_helper/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/db/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/db/sqldb/* # gosub
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/config/config_test.go b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/config/config_test.go
index aad1706ad4..ab7039b660 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/config/config_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/config/config_test.go
@@ -38,31 +38,20 @@ var _ = Describe("Config", func() {
 	Describe("LoadConfig", func() {
 
 		When("config is read from env", func() {
-			var vcapServicesJson string
 			var expectedDbUrl string
 
 			BeforeEach(func() {
 				mockVCAPConfigurationReader = &fakes.FakeVCAPConfigurationReader{}
 			})
 
-			AfterEach(func() {
-				os.Unsetenv("VCAP_SERVICES")
-				os.Unsetenv("PORT")
-				os.Unsetenv("VCAP_APPLICATION")
-			})
-
 			JustBeforeEach(func() {
-				os.Setenv("VCAP_APPLICATION", "{}")
-				os.Setenv("VCAP_SERVICES", vcapServicesJson)
-
 				mockVCAPConfigurationReader.IsRunningOnCFReturns(true)
 				mockVCAPConfigurationReader.MaterializeDBFromServiceReturns(expectedDbUrl, nil)
 				conf, err = LoadConfig(configFile, mockVCAPConfigurationReader)
 			})
 
-			When("PORT env variable is set to a number ", func() {
+			When("vcap PORT is set to a number ", func() {
 				BeforeEach(func() {
-					vcapServicesJson = `{ "user-provided": [ { "name": "config" } ] }`
 					mockVCAPConfigurationReader.GetPortReturns(3333)
 				})
 
@@ -72,10 +61,9 @@ var _ = Describe("Config", func() {
 				})
 			})
 
-			When("VCAP_SERVICES is empty", func() {
+			When("service is empty", func() {
 				var expectedErr error
 				BeforeEach(func() {
-					vcapServicesJson = "{}"
 					expectedErr = fmt.Errorf("Configuration error: metricsforwarder config service not found")
 					mockVCAPConfigurationReader.GetServiceCredentialContentReturns([]byte(""), expectedErr)
 				})
@@ -89,8 +77,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Config", func() {
 				var expectedTLSConfig models.TLSCerts
 
 				BeforeEach(func() {
-					vcapServicesJson = `{ "user-provided": [ { "name": "config", "credentials": { "metricsforwarder": { } } }] }`
-
 					expectedTLSConfig = models.TLSCerts{
 						CertFile:   "/tmp/client_cert.sslcert",
 						KeyFile:    "/tmp/client_key.sslkey",
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml b/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
index ab59e706d3..3b14d94d3f 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
+++ b/src/autoscaler/mta.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ resources:
 - name: config
   type: org.cloudfoundry.user-provided-service
   parameters:
+    service-tags:
+    - config
     path: metricsforwarder/default_config.json
 - name: policydb
   type: org.cloudfoundry.user-provided-service