1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/template/template.conf b/src/template/template.conf
index e5f675a5d..24b123390 100644
--- a/src/template/template.conf
+++ b/src/template/template.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 [template]
 START_ON_DEMAND = NO
-PORT = 9999
+# for tests please come up with numbers that are
+# unlikely to be in use by anyone. we typically
+# use five digit numbers < 65536 with no "beauty"
+# (no repetitions, no sequences, no popularity).
+PORT = 99999
 HOSTNAME = localhost
 BINARY = gnunet-service-template
 ACCEPT_FROM = 127.0.0.1;