diff --git a/src/api/index.js b/src/api/index.js
index 675d9144f6498e195fc1f3f4a354ad5eac9b2a41..cef29f526122e48d74414f9fed3a292e69768ce9 100644
--- a/src/api/index.js
+++ b/src/api/index.js
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ class Hive extends EventEmitter {
     setOptions(options) {
         Object.assign(this.options, options);
 
+        if (options.hasOwnProperty('useAppbaseApi'))
+            config.set('useAppbaseApi', options.useAppbaseApi)
         if (options.hasOwnProperty('failover_threshold'))
             this.failover_threshold = options.failover_threshold;
         if (options.hasOwnProperty('alternative_api_endpoints'))