diff --git a/apiserver/bin/takeoff b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
index 891ec1472..0ec2e495c 100755
--- a/apiserver/bin/takeoff
+++ b/apiserver/bin/takeoff
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ python manage.py configure_instance
 # Create the default bucket
 python manage.py create_bucket
 
-exec gunicorn -w $GUNICORN_WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -
+exec gunicorn -w $GUNICORN_WORKERS -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker plane.asgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT:-8000} --max-requests 1200 --max-requests-jitter 1000 --access-logfile -