diff --git a/api/server.py b/api/server.py
index 968ef46..6cb8885 100644
--- a/api/server.py
+++ b/api/server.py
@@ -1,97 +1,96 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import click
 import logging
 
 from flask import Flask, g, request
 
 from swh.core import config
 from swh.storage.objstorage import PathSlicingObjStorage
 from swh.storage.api.common import (BytesRequest, decode_request,
                                     error_handler,
                                     encode_data_server as encode_data)
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'storage_base': ('str', '/tmp/swh-storage/objects/'),
-    'storage_depth': ('int', 3)
+    'storage_slicing': ('str', '0:2/2:4/4:6')
 }
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.request_class = BytesRequest
 
 
 @app.errorhandler(Exception)
 def my_error_handler(exception):
     return error_handler(exception, encode_data)
 
 
 @app.before_request
 def before_request():
     g.objstorage = PathSlicingObjStorage(app.config['storage_base'],
-                                         app.config['storage_depth'],
-                                         slicing=2)
+                                         app.config['storage_slicing'])
 
 
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
     return "SWH Objstorage API server"
 
 
 @app.route('/content')
 def content():
     return str(list(g.storage))
 
 
 @app.route('/content/add', methods=['POST'])
 def add_bytes():
     return encode_data(g.objstorage.add(**decode_request(request)))
 
 
 @app.route('/content/get', methods=['POST'])
 def get_bytes():
     return encode_data(g.objstorage.get(**decode_request(request)))
 
 
 @app.route('/content/get/random', methods=['POST'])
 def get_random_contents():
     return encode_data(
         g.objstorage.get_random(**decode_request(request))
     )
 
 
 @app.route('/content/check', methods=['POST'])
 def check():
     return encode_data(g.objstorage.check(**decode_request(request)))
 
 
 def run_from_webserver(environ, start_response):
     """Run the WSGI app from the webserver, loading the configuration.
 
     """
     config_path = '/etc/softwareheritage/storage/objstorage.ini'
 
     app.config.update(config.read(config_path, DEFAULT_CONFIG))
 
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     app.logger.addHandler(handler)
 
     return app(environ, start_response)
 
 
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('config-path', required=1)
 @click.option('--host', default='0.0.0.0', help="Host to run the server")
 @click.option('--port', default=5000, type=click.INT,
               help="Binding port of the server")
 @click.option('--debug/--nodebug', default=True,
               help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode")
 def launch(config_path, host, port, debug):
     app.config.update(config.read(config_path, DEFAULT_CONFIG))
     app.run(host, port=int(port), debug=bool(debug))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     launch()