diff --git a/internal/types/etcd_storage.go b/internal/types/etcd_storage.go
index 92ac651..aa12737 100644
--- a/internal/types/etcd_storage.go
+++ b/internal/types/etcd_storage.go
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package types
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+)
+
 type ETCDStorageType int
 
 const (
@@ -7,10 +13,6 @@ const (
 	KineMySQL
 )
 
-const (
-	defaultETCDStorageType = ETCD
-)
-
 var etcdStorageTypeString = map[string]ETCDStorageType{"etcd": ETCD, "kine-mysql": KineMySQL}
 
 func (s ETCDStorageType) String() string {
@@ -23,6 +25,17 @@ func ParseETCDStorageType(s string) ETCDStorageType {
 		return storageType
 	}
 
-	// TODO: we have to decide what to do in this situation
-	return defaultETCDStorageType
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("unsupported storage type %s", s))
+}
+
+// ParseETCDEndpoint returns the default ETCD endpoints used to interact with the Tenant Control Plane backing storage.
+func ParseETCDEndpoint(conf *viper.Viper) string {
+	switch ParseETCDStorageType(conf.GetString("etcd-storage-type")) {
+	case ETCD:
+		return conf.GetString("etcd-endpoints")
+	case KineMySQL:
+		return "127.0.0.1:2379"
+	default:
+		panic("unsupported storage type")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 107cb9b..2ef07f0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func main() {
 			ETCDCASecretNamespace:     conf.GetString("etcd-ca-secret-namespace"),
 			ETCDClientSecretName:      conf.GetString("etcd-client-secret-name"),
 			ETCDClientSecretNamespace: conf.GetString("etcd-client-secret-namespace"),
-			ETCDEndpoints:             conf.GetString("etcd-endpoints"),
+			ETCDEndpoints:             types.ParseETCDEndpoint(conf),
 			ETCDCompactionInterval:    conf.GetString("etcd-compaction-interval"),
 			TmpBaseDirectory:          conf.GetString("tmp-directory"),
 			KineMySQLSecretName:       conf.GetString("kine-mysql-secret-name"),