diff --git a/bin/psyconf b/bin/psyconf
index 4a9f358..aeb611c 100755
--- a/bin/psyconf
+++ b/bin/psyconf
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ X
 # TODO: generate a psyced.gdb file kind of like this
 	print <<X if 0;
 file /bin/psyclpc
-run -DDEBUG=1 -u 4404 4404 2323 6667 5222 9999 etc. whatever flags necessary
+run -DDEBUG=1 -u 4404 4404 2323 6667 5222 6697 etc. whatever flags necessary
 X
 
 # PSYCED INIT.D SCRIPT
diff --git a/config/blueprint/ports.h b/config/blueprint/ports.h
index a17620f..2ba2072 100644
--- a/config/blueprint/ports.h
+++ b/config/blueprint/ports.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define	HTTPS_PORT	34443
 
 #define	IRC_PORT	6667
-#define	IRCS_PORT	9999
+#define	IRCS_PORT	6697
 
 #define	JABBER_PORT	5222
 #define	JABBERS_PORT	5223
diff --git a/config/openwrt/ports.h b/config/openwrt/ports.h
index d37b141..46a6287 100644
--- a/config/openwrt/ports.h
+++ b/config/openwrt/ports.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define	HTTPS_PORT	34443
 
 #define	IRC_PORT	6667
-#define	IRCS_PORT	9999
+#define	IRCS_PORT	6697
 
 #define	JABBER_PORT	5222
 #define	JABBERS_PORT	5223
diff --git a/config/psyced.ini b/config/psyced.ini
index 490a028..1afe9dd 100644
--- a/config/psyced.ini
+++ b/config/psyced.ini
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ _jabber_clients = 5222
 _jabber_clients_encrypted = 5223
 _IRC = 6667
 _IRC_hidden = 6667
-_IRC_encrypted = 9999
+; according to https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-butcher-irc-url-04
+; we should be using 994, but then you better do a firewall forward.
+; then again https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7194 favors 6697.
+; who knows what actual ircs: URL implementations will do?
+_IRC_encrypted = 6697
 _HTTP = 33333
 ;_HTTP_hidden = 80
 _HTTP_encrypted = 34443