diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index caad045..6a52eff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ This plugin provides the following settings to Open edX components for integrati
 - (common) ``TYPESENSE_ENABLED: bool = True`` - whether the Typesense backend is enabled
 - (common) ``TYPESENSE_COLLECTION_PREFIX: str = "the_configured_collection_prefix"`` - a prefix that the backend should use for all collections (the API key is scoped to this prefix)
 - (common) ``FORUM_SEARCH_BACKEND = "forum.search.typesense.TypesenseBackend"`` - necessary to override Tutor's default forum search backend value pointing to Meilisearch
-- (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_URL: str = "http://typesense:8108"`` - the internal url for accessing the Typesense API
+- (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_URLS: list[str] = ["http://typesense:8108"]`` - the internal urls for accessing the Typesense API.
 - (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_URL: str = "http://(depends on TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_HOST)"`` - the public url to the Typesense API (for user searches on the frontend)
 - (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_API_KEY: str = "the api key"`` - an api key for the Open edX backend to make updates to Typesense collections
 - (lms) ``MFE_CONFIG["TYPESENSE_ENABLED"]: bool = True`` - for MFE's to know when to use Typesense logic
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-cms-production-settings b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-cms-production-settings
index 383e577..131df5a 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-cms-production-settings
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-cms-production-settings
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-TYPESENSE_URL = "http://typesense:8108"
+TYPESENSE_URLS = ["http://typesense:8108"]
 TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_URL = "https://{{ TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_HOST }}"
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-development-settings b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-development-settings
index 8c0941a..2b9d981 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-development-settings
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-development-settings
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-TYPESENSE_URL = "http://typesense:8108"
+TYPESENSE_URLS = ["http://typesense:8108"]
 TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_URL = "http://{{ TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_HOST }}:8108"
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-lms-production-settings b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-lms-production-settings
index 6dffef6..16e03ba 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-lms-production-settings
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-lms-production-settings
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TYPESENSE_URL = "http://typesense:8108"
+TYPESENSE_URLS = ["http://typesense:8108"]
 TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_URL = "https://{{ TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_HOST }}"
 MFE_CONFIG["TYPESENSE_ENABLED"] = TYPESENSE_ENABLED