diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e12346..aef356e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ The only thing it does is serving static files in the current directory.
 httpserve [port_number]
 ```
 
-The default port number is `3000`.
+The default port number is `8080`.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5a5d823..cf01b81 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func getLocalAddr() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	listenPort := 3000
+	listenPort := 8080
 
 	var err error
 	if len(os.Args) >= 2 {