2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/rest/gnunet-rest-server.c b/src/rest/gnunet-rest-server.c
index 813525404..ba1d595fd 100644
--- a/src/rest/gnunet-rest-server.c
+++ b/src/rest/gnunet-rest-server.c
@@ -824,14 +824,13 @@ run (void *cls,
 
   /* Get port to bind to */
   if (GNUNET_OK != GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_number (cfg, "rest",
-                                                          "PORT",
+                                                          "HTTP_PORT",
                                                           &port))
   {
     //No address specified
     GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
-                "Don't know what port to use...\n");
-    GNUNET_SCHEDULER_shutdown ();
-    return;
+                "Using default port...\n");
+    port = GNUNET_REST_SERVICE_PORT;
   }
 
   /* Get address to bind to */
diff --git a/src/rest/rest.conf b/src/rest/rest.conf
index dfeedd26c..71fef8aa1 100644
--- a/src/rest/rest.conf
+++ b/src/rest/rest.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 UNIXPATH = $GNUNET_USER_RUNTIME_DIR/gnunet-service-rest.sock
 BINARY=gnunet-rest-server
 IMMEDIATE_START=YES
+HTTP_PORT=7776
 BIND_TO=127.0.0.1
 BIND_TO6=::1
 REST_ALLOW_HEADERS=Authorization,Accept,Content-Type