diff --git a/nav2_bringup/bringup/params/nav2_params.yaml b/nav2_bringup/bringup/params/nav2_params.yaml
index 4b1b843456..f10edb7729 100644
--- a/nav2_bringup/bringup/params/nav2_params.yaml
+++ b/nav2_bringup/bringup/params/nav2_params.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ bt_navigator:
     global_frame: map
     robot_base_frame: base_link
     odom_topic: /odom
+    enable_groot_monitoring: True
+    groot_zmq_publisher_port: 1666
+    groot_zmq_server_port: 1667
     default_bt_xml_filename: "navigate_w_replanning_and_recovery.xml"
     plugin_lib_names:
     - nav2_compute_path_to_pose_action_bt_node