diff --git a/src/moveit_cgv_controller.cpp b/src/moveit_cgv_controller.cpp
index c549524950a2494623203205bbe319af7e584bbe..e88d610d16aeb5e01684ca4d1c74c75c4ac37166 100644
--- a/src/moveit_cgv_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/moveit_cgv_controller.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ros::NodeHandle n("connector_node_ros_cgv"); // namespace where the cgv_address is
 
     std::string cgv_address = "tcp://*:6576";
-    if (!n.getParam("/cgv_address", cgv_address)) {
+    if (!n.getParam("cgv_address", cgv_address)) {
         ROS_WARN_STREAM("[" << NODE_NAME << "] Could not get string value for " << n.getNamespace()
                             << "/cgv_address from param server, using default " << cgv_address);
     }