diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-etherpad b/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
index 41afe622..b3acc8ae 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-etherpad
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SHOW_ON_ABOUT=1
 ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME=
 ETHERPAD_CODE=
 ETHERPAD_ONION_PORT=8101
+ETHERPAD_PORT=9001
 ETHERPAD_REPO="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite"
 ETHERPAD_COMMIT='223127bf39d2ba431d9c1965a7f2aadadc73d77a'
 ETHERPAD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ function create_etherpad_settings {
     echo '  "favicon": "favicon.ico",' >> /var/www/$ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/settings.json
 
     echo '  "ip": "0.0.0.0",' >> /var/www/$ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/settings.json
-    echo '  "port" : 9001,' >> /var/www/$ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/settings.json
+    echo "  \"port\" : ${ETHERPAD_PORT}," >> /var/www/$ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/settings.json
 
     echo '  "showSettingsInAdminPage" : true,' >> /var/www/$ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME/htdocs/settings.json
 
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ function install_etherpad {
         echo '  location / {' >> $etherpad_nginx_site
         function_check nginx_limits
         nginx_limits $ETHERPAD_DOMAIN_NAME '15m'
-        echo '    proxy_pass        http://localhost:9001/;' >> $etherpad_nginx_site
+        echo "    proxy_pass        http://localhost:${ETHERPAD_PORT}/;" >> $etherpad_nginx_site
         echo '    proxy_set_header  Host $host;' >> $etherpad_nginx_site
         echo '    proxy_buffering   off;' >> $etherpad_nginx_site
         echo '  }' >> $etherpad_nginx_site