diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 562eee079..aa40561cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ For more open-source projects from IBM, head over [here](http://ibm.github.io).
 
 ## Copyright and license
 
-Copyright 2013, 2015 IBM Corp. under [the Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).
+Copyright 2013, 2016 IBM Corp. under [the Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).
diff --git a/red.js b/red.js
index 8b2a745ac..a87a6139d 100755
--- a/red.js
+++ b/red.js
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ var flowFile;
 var knownOpts = {
     "settings":[path],
     "userDir":[path],
+    "port": Number,
     "v": Boolean,
     "help": Boolean
 };
 var shortHands = {
     "s":["--settings"],
     "u":["--userDir"],
+    "p":["--port"],
     "?":["--help"]
 };
 nopt.invalidHandler = function(k,v,t) {
@@ -51,11 +53,13 @@ var parsedArgs = nopt(knownOpts,shortHands,process.argv,2)
 
 if (parsedArgs.help) {
     console.log("Node-RED v"+RED.version());
-    console.log("Usage: node-red [-v] [-?] [--settings settings.js] [--userDir DIR] [flows.json]");
+    console.log("Usage: node-red [-v] [-?] [--settings settings.js] [--userDir DIR]");
+    console.log("                [--port PORT] [flows.json]");
     console.log("");
     console.log("Options:");
     console.log("  -s, --settings FILE  use specified settings file");
     console.log("  -u, --userDir  DIR   use specified user directory");
+    console.log("  -p, --port     PORT  port to listen on");
     console.log("  -v                   enable verbose output");
     console.log("  -?, --help           show usage");
     console.log("");
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ if (settings.httpNodeRoot !== false) {
     settings.httpNodeAuth = settings.httpNodeAuth || settings.httpAuth;
 }
 
-settings.uiPort = settings.uiPort||1880;
+settings.uiPort = parsedArgs.port||settings.uiPort||1880;
 settings.uiHost = settings.uiHost||"0.0.0.0";
 
 if (flowFile) {