diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index e569564..0e20a16 100755
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
-func serve() {
+func serve(port string) {
 	router := gin.Default()
 	router.LoadHTMLGlob("templates/*")
 	router.Use(static.Serve("/static/", static.LocalFile("./static", true)))
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func serve() {
 	router.POST("/lock", handleLock)
 	router.POST("/encrypt", handleEncrypt)
 
-	router.Run(":8050")
+	router.Run(":" + port)
 }
 
 func handlePageRequest(c *gin.Context) {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c84492c..6eb63f0 100755
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func main() {
 			Value: "",
 			Usage: "data folder for migrating",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "port,p",
+			Value: "8050",
+			Usage: "port to use",
+		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:  "debug, d",
 			Usage: "turn on debugging",
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 				pathToData = c.GlobalString("data")
 				os.MkdirAll(pathToData, 0755)
-				serve()
+				serve(c.GlobalString("port"))
 				return nil
 			},
 		},