diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-searx b/src/freedombone-app-searx
index a72a11cf..c71d544f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-searx
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-searx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SHOW_ICANN_ADDRESS_ON_ABOUT=0
 SEARX_REPO="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
 SEARX_COMMIT='80460be8f69cea5f15c9d5ddbb63e4e48fde2dd0'
 SEARX_PATH=/etc
+SEARX_PORT=8888
 SEARX_ONION_PORT=8094
 SEARX_ONION_HOSTNAME=
 SEARX_LOGIN_TEXT=$"Search engine login"
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ function create_searx_config {
       echo '    language : "all"';
       echo '';
       echo 'server:';
-      echo '    port : 8888';
+      echo "    port : ${SEARX_PORT}";
       echo '    bind_address : "127.0.0.1" # address to listen on';
       echo "    secret_key : \"${SEARX_SECRET_KEY}\"";
       echo "    base_url : http://${SEARX_ONION_HOSTNAME}/";
@@ -965,7 +966,7 @@ function install_searx {
       echo '    location / {'; } >> /etc/nginx/sites-available/searx
     function_check nginx_limits
     nginx_limits searx '1M'
-    { echo '        proxy_pass http://localhost:8888;';
+    { echo "        proxy_pass http://localhost:${SEARX_PORT};";
       echo "        #auth_basic \"${SEARX_LOGIN_TEXT}\";";
       echo '        #auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd;';
       echo '    }';