diff --git a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
index 8d195f928134..3ea10fab88cd 100644
--- a/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
+++ b/app/cli/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/cli/ConsoleCli.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ object ConsoleCli {
       opt[Unit]("debug")
         .action((_, conf) => conf.copy(debug = true))
         .text("Print debugging information"),
+      opt[Int]("rpcport")
+          .action((port,conf) => conf.copy(rpcPort = port))
+          .text(s"The port to send our rpc request to on the server"),
       help('h', "help").text("Display this help message and exit"),
       note(sys.props("line.separator") + "Commands:"),
       note(sys.props("line.separator") + "===Blockchain ==="),
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ object ConsoleCli {
               }))
         ),
       checkConfig {
-        case Config(NoCommand, _, _) =>
+        case Config(NoCommand, _, _, _) =>
           failure("You need to provide a command!")
         case _ => success
       }
@@ -323,15 +326,15 @@ object ConsoleCli {
       case Some(conf) => conf
     }
 
-    exec(config.command, config.debug)
+    exec(config.command, config)
   }
 
-  def exec(command: CliCommand, debugEnabled: Boolean = false): Try[String] = {
+  def exec(command: CliCommand, config: Config): Try[String] = {
     import System.err.{println => printerr}
 
     /** Prints the given message to stderr if debug is set */
     def debug(message: Any): Unit = {
-      if (debugEnabled) {
+      if (config.debug) {
         printerr(s"DEBUG: $message")
       }
     }
@@ -413,7 +416,7 @@ object ConsoleCli {
         HttpURLConnectionBackend()
       val request =
         sttp
-          .post(uri"http://$host:$port/")
+          .post(uri"http://$host:${config.rpcPort}/")
           .contentType("application/json")
           .body({
             val uuid = java.util.UUID.randomUUID.toString
@@ -468,8 +471,6 @@ object ConsoleCli {
     }.flatten
   }
 
-  // TODO make this dynamic
-  def port = 9999
   def host = "localhost"
 
   case class RequestParam(
@@ -485,9 +486,14 @@ object ConsoleCli {
 case class Config(
     command: CliCommand = CliCommand.NoCommand,
     network: Option[NetworkParameters] = None,
-    debug: Boolean = false
+    debug: Boolean = false,
+    rpcPort: Int = 9999
 )
 
+object Config {
+  val empty = Config()
+}
+
 sealed abstract class CliCommand
 
 object CliCommand {
diff --git a/app/gui/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/gui/WalletGUIModel.scala b/app/gui/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/gui/WalletGUIModel.scala
index ae8e9f32d10f..639372b620e9 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/gui/WalletGUIModel.scala
+++ b/app/gui/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/gui/WalletGUIModel.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.bitcoins.gui
 
 import org.bitcoins.cli.CliCommand.{GetBalance, GetNewAddress, SendToAddress}
-import org.bitcoins.cli.ConsoleCli
+import org.bitcoins.cli.{Config, ConsoleCli}
 import org.bitcoins.core.currency.Bitcoins
 import org.bitcoins.core.protocol.BitcoinAddress
 import org.bitcoins.gui.dialog.{GetNewAddressDialog, SendDialog}
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class WalletGUIModel() {
     taskRunner.run(
       caption = "Get New Address",
       op = {
-        ConsoleCli.exec(GetNewAddress) match {
+        ConsoleCli.exec(GetNewAddress,Config.empty) match {
           case Success(commandReturn) => address.value = commandReturn
           case Failure(err)           => throw err
         }
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class WalletGUIModel() {
             ConsoleCli.exec(
               SendToAddress(BitcoinAddress(address).get,
                             Bitcoins(BigDecimal(amount)),
-                            satoshisPerVirtualByte = None)) match {
+                            satoshisPerVirtualByte = None),
+              Config.empty) match {
               case Success(txid) =>
                 GlobalData.log.value =
                   s"Sent $amount to $address in tx: $txid\n\n${GlobalData.log()}"
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class WalletGUIModel() {
   }
 
   private def updateBalance(): Unit = {
-    ConsoleCli.exec(GetBalance(isSats = false)) match {
+    ConsoleCli.exec(GetBalance(isSats = false), Config.empty) match {
       case Success(commandReturn) =>
         GlobalData.currentBalance.value = commandReturn.split(' ').head.toDouble
       case Failure(err) =>
diff --git a/app/server/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/app/server/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 720e64ca3040..b88c8377dd5b 100644
--- a/app/server/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/app/server/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ bitcoin-s {
         # before we timeout
         addressQueueTimeout = 5 seconds
     }
+
+    server {
+        # The port we bind our rpc server on
+        rpcport = 9999
+    }
 }
 
 akka {
diff --git a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSAppConfig.scala b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSAppConfig.scala
index 67f4e0cc7d48..0e95388a8115 100644
--- a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSAppConfig.scala
+++ b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/BitcoinSAppConfig.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ case class BitcoinSAppConfig(
     // be equal
     nodeConf.config
   }
+
+  def serverConf: Config = {
+    config.getConfig("server")
+  }
+
+  def rpcPortOpt: Option[Int] = {
+    if(serverConf.hasPath("rpcport")) {
+      Some(serverConf.getInt("rpcport"))
+    } else {
+      None
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Main.scala b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Main.scala
index 27eb410e9b37..e37e8fca791b 100644
--- a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Main.scala
+++ b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Main.scala
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ import scala.concurrent.{Await, ExecutionContext, Future}
 object Main extends App {
   implicit val system = ActorSystem("bitcoin-s")
   implicit val ec: ExecutionContext = system.dispatcher
+  val argsWithIndex = args.zipWithIndex
 
   implicit val conf = {
-    val dataDirIndexOpt = args.zipWithIndex
-      .find(_._1.toLowerCase == "--datadir")
 
+    val dataDirIndexOpt = {
+      argsWithIndex.find(_._1.toLowerCase == "--datadir")
+    }
     val datadirPath = dataDirIndexOpt match {
       case None => AppConfig.DEFAULT_BITCOIN_S_DATADIR
       case Some((_, dataDirIndex)) =>
@@ -39,7 +41,12 @@ object Main extends App {
     }
     BitcoinSAppConfig(datadirPath)
   }
-
+  val rpcPortOpt: Option[Int] = {
+    val portOpt = argsWithIndex.find(_._1.toLowerCase == "--rpcport")
+    portOpt.map {
+      case (_,idx) => args(idx+1).toInt
+    }
+  }
   private val logger = HttpLoggerImpl(conf.nodeConf).getLogger
 
   implicit val walletConf: WalletAppConfig = conf.walletConf
@@ -75,9 +82,17 @@ object Main extends App {
       val nodeRoutes = NodeRoutes(node)
       val chainRoutes = ChainRoutes(chainApi)
       val coreRoutes = CoreRoutes(Core)
-      val server =
-        Server(nodeConf, Seq(walletRoutes, nodeRoutes, chainRoutes, coreRoutes))
-
+      val server = rpcPortOpt match {
+        case Some(rpcport) =>
+          Server(nodeConf, Seq(walletRoutes, nodeRoutes, chainRoutes, coreRoutes), rpcport = rpcport)
+        case None =>
+          conf.rpcPortOpt match {
+            case Some(rpcport) =>
+              Server(nodeConf, Seq(walletRoutes, nodeRoutes, chainRoutes, coreRoutes), rpcport)
+            case None =>
+              Server(nodeConf, Seq(walletRoutes, nodeRoutes, chainRoutes, coreRoutes))
+          }
+      }
       server.start()
     }
   } yield {
diff --git a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Server.scala b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Server.scala
index 46590cc7248f..d7af9f517fe0 100644
--- a/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Server.scala
+++ b/app/server/src/main/scala/org/bitcoins/server/Server.scala
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
 import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
-
 import de.heikoseeberger.akkahttpupickle.UpickleSupport._
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server.directives.DebuggingDirectives
 import akka.event.Logging
 import org.bitcoins.db.AppConfig
 
-case class Server(conf: AppConfig, handlers: Seq[ServerRoute])(
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+
+case class Server(conf: AppConfig, handlers: Seq[ServerRoute], rpcport: Int = 9999)(
     implicit system: ActorSystem)
     extends HttpLogger {
   implicit private val config: AppConfig = conf
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ case class Server(conf: AppConfig, handlers: Seq[ServerRoute])(
       }
     }
 
-  def start() = {
+  def start(): Future[Http.ServerBinding] = {
     val httpFut =
-      Http().bindAndHandle(route, "localhost", 9999)
+      Http().bindAndHandle(route, "localhost", rpcport)
     httpFut.foreach { http =>
       logger.info(s"Started Bitcoin-S HTTP server at ${http.localAddress}")
     }
diff --git a/docs/applications/server.md b/docs/applications/server.md
index 2ba0c50da7f3..3ca18c64eadd 100644
--- a/docs/applications/server.md
+++ b/docs/applications/server.md
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ If you would like to pass in a custom datadir for your server, you can do
 ```bash
 ./app/server/target/universal/stage/bin/bitcoin-s-server --datadir /path/to/datadir/
 ```
+
+You can also pass in a custom `rpcport` to bind to
+
+```bash
+./app/server/target/universal/stage/bin/bitcoin-s-server --rpcport 12345
+```
+
 For more information on configuring the server please see our [configuration](../config/configuration.md) document
 
 For more information on how to use our built in `cli` to interact with the server please see [cli.md](cli.md)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/config/configuration.md b/docs/config/configuration.md
index 3a9ff0ba3223..567fc2eb1418 100644
--- a/docs/config/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/config/configuration.md
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ bitcoin-s {
         addressQueueTimeout = 5 seconds
 
    }
+
+    server {
+        # The port we bind our rpc server on
+        rpcport = 9999
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 6767e313b8ba..bb5fa6992617 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/testkit/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ bitcoin-s {
         # before we timeout
         addressQueueTimeout = 5 seconds
     }
+
+    server {
+        # The port we bind our rpc server on
+        rpcport = 9999
+    }
 }