diff --git a/jicofo/rootfs/defaults/sip-communicator.properties b/jicofo/rootfs/defaults/sip-communicator.properties
index 7af95e9..dc3b49c 100644
--- a/jicofo/rootfs/defaults/sip-communicator.properties
+++ b/jicofo/rootfs/defaults/sip-communicator.properties
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ org.jitsi.jicofo.XMPP_MUC_COMPONENT_PREFIX={{ first (splitList "." .Env.XMPP_MUC
 {{ $ENABLE_AUTH := .Env.ENABLE_AUTH | default "0" | toBool }}
 {{ $AUTH_TYPE := .Env.AUTH_TYPE | default "internal" }}
 
-{{ if and $ENABLE_AUTH (ne $AUTH_TYPE "jwt") }}
+{{ if $ENABLE_AUTH }}
+  {{ if eq $AUTH_TYPE "jwt" }}
+org.jitsi.jicofo.auth.URL=EXT_JWT:{{ .Env.XMPP_DOMAIN }}
+  {{ else }}
 org.jitsi.jicofo.auth.URL=XMPP:{{ .Env.XMPP_DOMAIN }}
+  {{ end }}
 {{ end }}