diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config.py b/lib/galaxy/config.py
index 2986111a710..ed4ebc1c7c1 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config.py
@@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ class Configuration(object):
         # Allow explicit override of server name in config params
         if "server_name" in kwargs:
             self.server_name = kwargs.get("server_name")
-        # The application stack code may manipulate the server name
-        self.base_server_name = self.server_name
+        # The application stack code may manipulate the server name. It also needs to be accessible via the get() method
+        # for galaxy.util.facts()
+        self.config_dict['base_server_name'] = self.base_server_name = self.server_name
         # Store all configured server names for the message queue routing
         self.server_names = []
         for section in global_conf_parser.sections():