diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index fe70208..61b50ac 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Repository struct {
 }
 
 type Configuration struct {
-	Domain       string       `json:"domain" validate:"required"`
+	Domain       string       `json:"domain,omitempty"`
 	Pat          string       `json:"pat" validate:"required"`
 	Organization string       `json:"organization" validate:"required"`
 	Repositories []Repository `json:"repositories" validate:"required"`
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ func LoadConfiguration(src io.Reader) (*Configuration, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if len(c.Domain) == 0 {
+		c.Domain = "dev.azure.com"
+	}
+
 	err = validate.New().Struct(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 12190d2..51d5ca4 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ const missingParamJson = `
 }
 `
 
+const minimalJson = `
+{
+  "pat": "foobar",
+  "organization": "xenitab",
+  "repositories": [
+    {
+      "name": "gitops-deployment",
+      "project": "Lab",
+      "token": "foobar"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
 func TestValidJson(t *testing.T) {
 	reader := strings.NewReader(validJson)
 	_, err := LoadConfiguration(reader)
@@ -64,3 +78,15 @@ func TestMissingParam(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("error should not be nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMinimalJson(t *testing.T) {
+	reader := strings.NewReader(minimalJson)
+	c, err := LoadConfiguration(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not parse json: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.Domain != "dev.azure.com" {
+		t.Errorf("default domain incorrect")
+	}
+}