diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index b48b89c8f..d52ced612 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ config :joken, default_signer: "yU8uHKq+yyAkZ11Hx//jcdacWc8yQ1bxAAGrplzB0Zwwjkp3
 
 config :pleroma, Pleroma.ReverseProxy.Client, Pleroma.ReverseProxy.ClientMock
 
-config :pleroma, Pleroma.Captcha.Kocaptcha, endpoint: "https://captcha.kotobank.ch"
-
 if File.exists?("./config/test.secret.exs") do
   import_config "test.secret.exs"
 else
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/captcha/kocaptcha.ex b/lib/pleroma/captcha/kocaptcha.ex
index 4e1a07c59..a3128decb 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/captcha/kocaptcha.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/captcha/kocaptcha.ex
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Captcha.Kocaptcha do
   import Pleroma.Web.Gettext
   alias Pleroma.Captcha.Service
+
   @behaviour Service
+  @default_endpoint "https://captcha.kotobank.ch"
 
   @impl Service
   def new do
-    endpoint = Pleroma.Config.get!([__MODULE__, :endpoint])
+    endpoint = Pleroma.Config.get([__MODULE__, :endpoint], @default_endpoint)
 
     case Tesla.get(endpoint <> "/new") do
       {:error, _} ->