diff --git a/app/settings/settings.go b/app/settings/settings.go
index b9e7928..d124533 100644
--- a/app/settings/settings.go
+++ b/app/settings/settings.go
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func (s *Settings) Consolidate(conf *config.Config, host *string, port *int, dev
 	log.Debug("parsing config values")
 
 	if p := conf.Port; p > 0 && p < 65536 {
+		s.SetPort(conf.Port)
+	} else {
 		log.Warnf("port '%d', outside of bounds, setting a default of %d/tcp", p, defaultPort)
 		s.SetPort(defaultPort)
 	}