diff --git a/conf/autoload_configs/conference.conf.xml b/conf/autoload_configs/conference.conf.xml
index 05b8cffc3a..19b7e25f37 100644
--- a/conf/autoload_configs/conference.conf.xml
+++ b/conf/autoload_configs/conference.conf.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
       <!-- File to play if you are alone in the conference -->
       <!--<param name="alone-sound" value="yactopitc.wav"/>-->
       <!-- File to play endlessly (nobody will ever be able to talk) -->
-      <!--<param name="perpetual-sound" value="local_stream://moh"/>-->
+      <!--<param name="perpetual-sound" value="perpetual.wav"/>-->
+      <!-- File to play when you're alone (music on hold)-->
+      <param name="moh-sound" value="$${moh_uri}"/>
       <!-- File to play when you join the conference -->
       <!--<param name="enter-sound" value="welcome.wav"/>-->
       <!-- File to play when you leave the conference -->
diff --git a/conf/dialplan/default.xml b/conf/dialplan/default.xml
index e319b5d758..445101f654 100644
--- a/conf/dialplan/default.xml
+++ b/conf/dialplan/default.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     <extension name="hold_music">
       <condition field="destination_number" expression="^9999$">
 	<action application="answer"/>
-	<action application="playback" data="local_stream://moh"/>
+	<action application="playback" data="$${moh_uri}"/>
       </condition>
     </extension>
 
diff --git a/conf/sip_profiles/default.xml b/conf/sip_profiles/default.xml
index f5a9be996f..cbdab21c42 100644
--- a/conf/sip_profiles/default.xml
+++ b/conf/sip_profiles/default.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <param name="rtp-timer-name" value="soft"/>
     <param name="rtp-ip" value="$${local_ip_v4}"/>
     <param name="sip-ip" value="$${local_ip_v4}"/>
-    <param name="hold-music" value="local_stream://moh"/>
+    <param name="hold-music" value="$${moh_uri}"/>
     <!--enable to use presense and mwi -->
     <param name="manage-presence" value="true"/>
     <!-- This setting is for AAL2 bitpacking on G726 -->
diff --git a/conf/sip_profiles/nat.xml b/conf/sip_profiles/nat.xml
index c855e2b64b..26238df55b 100644
--- a/conf/sip_profiles/nat.xml
+++ b/conf/sip_profiles/nat.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <param name="dtmf-duration" value="100"/>
     <param name="codec-prefs" value="$${global_codec_prefs}"/>
     <param name="use-rtp-timer" value="true"/>
-    <param name="hold-music" value="local_stream://moh"/>
+    <param name="hold-music" value="$${moh_uri}"/>
     <param name="rtp-timer-name" value="soft"/>
     <param name="manage-presence" value="true"/>
     <param name="inbound-codec-negotiation" value="generous"/>
diff --git a/conf/sip_profiles/outbound.xml b/conf/sip_profiles/outbound.xml
index e86b040a56..0767a27ca7 100644
--- a/conf/sip_profiles/outbound.xml
+++ b/conf/sip_profiles/outbound.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <param name="context" value="public"/>
     <param name="dtmf-duration" value="100"/>
     <param name="codec-prefs" value="$${global_codec_prefs}"/>
-    <param name="hold-music" value="local_stream://moh"/>
+    <param name="hold-music" value="$${moh_uri}"/>
     <param name="use-rtp-timer" value="true"/>
     <param name="rtp-timer-name" value="soft"/>
     <param name="manage-presence" value="true"/>
diff --git a/conf/vars.xml b/conf/vars.xml
index f2d74c2ddd..c8b229f671 100644
--- a/conf/vars.xml
+++ b/conf/vars.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
        These are introduced when configuration strings must be consistent across modules. 
    -->
   <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="domain=$${local_ip_v4}"/>
+  <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="set" data="moh_uri=local_stream://moh"/>
   <!-- sip_profile 
        Must be a domain name if you are being a registry server; otherwise
        can be any string.