diff --git a/dev-scripts/run-server b/dev-scripts/run-server
index d9dd3a6..f2a3fe5 100755
--- a/dev-scripts/run-server
+++ b/dev-scripts/run-server
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-make -C ../syndicate-server binary && exec taskset -c 0,1 ../target/release/syndicate-server "$@"
+make -C ../syndicate-server binary && exec taskset -c 0,1 ../target/release/syndicate-server -p 8001 "$@"
diff --git a/syndicate-server/src/main.rs b/syndicate-server/src/main.rs
index b869ff5..d311319 100644
--- a/syndicate-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/syndicate-server/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use schemas::internal_services;
 
 #[derive(Clone, StructOpt)]
 struct ServerConfig {
-    #[structopt(short = "p", long = "port", default_value = "8001")]
+    #[structopt(short = "p", long = "port")]
     ports: Vec<u16>,
 
     #[structopt(short = "s", long = "socket")]