diff --git a/virtualsnack.py b/virtualsnack.py
index 6194567bbebf1322e98c7e5c2e0325a8217313a2..f2f0e3d431e0edc696b892763a8cb322432f2525 100755
--- a/virtualsnack.py
+++ b/virtualsnack.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class VirtualSnackApp(npyscreen.NPSAppManaged):
 	# socket code
     	self.CONNECTION_LIST = []    # list of socket clients
     	self.RECV_BUFFER = 4096 # Advisable to keep it as an exponent of 2
-    	PORT = 5000
+    	PORT = 5150
 
         self.server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         # this has no effect, why ?