diff --git a/configure-instance.sh b/configure-instance.sh
index 52e39d0..e701c36 100755
--- a/configure-instance.sh
+++ b/configure-instance.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ echo "Enter a hostname for the Frontend (eg: piped.kavin.rocks):" && read -r fro
 echo "Enter a hostname for the Backend (eg: pipedapi.kavin.rocks):" && read -r backend
 echo "Enter a hostname for the Proxy (eg: pipedproxy.kavin.rocks):" && read -r proxy
 echo "Enter the reverse proxy you would like to use (either caddy or nginx):" && read -r reverseproxy
+port=8080 # Define default port
+if [[ $reverseproxy = "nginx" ]]; then # if the nginx reverse proxy is used, we want to get a custom port
+    echo "Enter a port to use for the reverse proxy:" && read -r port
+fi
+integerregex='^[0-9]+$'
+if ! [[ $port =~ $integerregex ]] ; then # ensure that the port is an integer. If it is not set it to the default.
+    port=8080
+fi
 
 rm -rf config/
 rm -f docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,5 +20,6 @@ cp -r template/ config/
 sed -i "s/FRONTEND_HOSTNAME/$frontend/g" config/*
 sed -i "s/BACKEND_HOSTNAME/$backend/g" config/*
 sed -i "s/PROXY_HOSTNAME/$proxy/g" config/*
+sed -i "s/PORT_VALUE/$port/g" config/*
 
 mv config/docker-compose.$reverseproxy.yml docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/template/config.properties b/template/config.properties
index ba573bc..6f9799f 100644
--- a/template/config.properties
+++ b/template/config.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # The port to Listen on.
-PORT: 8080
+PORT: PORT_VALUE
 
 # The number of workers to use for the server
 HTTP_WORKERS: 2
diff --git a/template/docker-compose.nginx.yml b/template/docker-compose.nginx.yml
index 2610282..356cced 100644
--- a/template/docker-compose.nginx.yml
+++ b/template/docker-compose.nginx.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
         image: nginx:mainline-alpine
         restart: unless-stopped
         ports:
-            - "8080:80"
+            - "PORT_VALUE:80"
         volumes:
             - ./config/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
             - ./config/pipedapi.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/pipedapi.conf:ro
diff --git a/template/pipedapi.conf b/template/pipedapi.conf
index 69db81f..9d6c5fa 100644
--- a/template/pipedapi.conf
+++ b/template/pipedapi.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ server {
     listen 80;
     server_name BACKEND_HOSTNAME;
 
-    set $backend "http://piped:8080";
+    set $backend "http://piped:PORT_VALUE";
 
     location / {
         proxy_cache pipedapi;