diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
index f6f3acf3..b0fd064f 100755
--- a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFactory.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ LedDevice * LedDeviceFactory::construct(const Json::Value & deviceConfig)
 	else if (type == "fadecandy")
 	{
 		const std::string host 	= deviceConfig.get("output", "127.0.0.1").asString();
-		const uint16_t port 		= deviceConfig.get("port", 8080).asInt();
+		const uint16_t port 		= deviceConfig.get("port", 7890).asInt();
 		device = new LedDeviceFadeCandy(host,port);
 	}
 	else if (type == "tpm2")
diff --git a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFadeCandy.cpp b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFadeCandy.cpp
index ec6da6a2..a0d2e32d 100755
--- a/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFadeCandy.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/leddevice/LedDeviceFadeCandy.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ LedDeviceFadeCandy::LedDeviceFadeCandy(const std::string& host, const uint16_t p
     _opc_data[1] = OPC_SET_PIXELS;
     _opc_data[2] = 0;
     _opc_data[3] = 0;
-
-    qDebug("connect to %s %i",_host.c_str(),_port);
 }
 
 LedDeviceFadeCandy::~LedDeviceFadeCandy()
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ bool LedDeviceFadeCandy::isConnected()
 bool LedDeviceFadeCandy::tryConnect()
 {
     if (  _client.state() == QAbstractSocket::UnconnectedState ) {
-        qDebug("connecting");
+        qDebug("connecting to %s %i",_host.c_str(),_port);
         QHostAddress addr(_host.c_str());
         _client.connectToHost(addr, _port);
         if (_client.waitForConnected(1000))