diff --git a/src/caosdbcli.cpp b/src/caosdbcli.cpp
index 7b834870fd5d5a0e0dbb299f9994bde65ee4824c..7770d23f0f293bf3e4b941819477cd0462ecb6cc 100644
--- a/src/caosdbcli.cpp
+++ b/src/caosdbcli.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ auto main() -> int {
   const auto host =
     caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_SERVER_HOST", "localhost");
   const auto port_str =
-    caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_SERVER_PORT", "8000");
+    caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_SERVER_PORT", "8443");
   const auto port = std::stoi(port_str);
   const auto user = caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_USER", "admin");
   const auto password = caosdb::utils::get_env_var("CAOSDB_PASSWORD", "caosdb");