diff --git a/dotnet-template-samples/content/03-optional-page/MyProject.StarterWeb/appsettings.json b/dotnet-template-samples/content/03-optional-page/MyProject.StarterWeb/appsettings.json
index 5fff67bacc4..d434e5fdecc 100755
--- a/dotnet-template-samples/content/03-optional-page/MyProject.StarterWeb/appsettings.json
+++ b/dotnet-template-samples/content/03-optional-page/MyProject.StarterWeb/appsettings.json
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-{
+{
+  "ConnectionStrings": {
+    "DefaultConnection": "server=localhost;port=3306;database=restaurantdb;user=appuser;password=AppUserP@ss123"
+  },
   "Logging": {
-    "IncludeScopes": false,
     "LogLevel": {
-      "Default": "Warning"
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "AllowedHosts": "*"
 }