diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
index 6c05915..c74ab94 100644
--- a/lib/node.js
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Node.prototype.startWeb3Connection = function()
 {
 	console.info('Starting web3 connection');
 
-	web3.setProvider( new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://' + (process.env.RPC_HOST || 'localhost') + ':' + (process.env.RPC_PORT || '8080')) );
+	web3.setProvider( new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://' + (process.env.RPC_HOST || 'localhost') + ':' + (process.env.RPC_PORT || '8545')) );
 
 	this.checkWeb3Connection();
 }