diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index b157a60..01d97a0 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
 
     'secret': 'secretfortoken',
-    'database': 'mongodb://userdb:userdb@ds013366.mlab.com:13366/thoughts'
+    'database': 'mongodb://userdb:userdb@ds013366.mlab.com:13366/thoughts',
+    "port" : process.env.PORT || 3000
 
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39319e2..f9ab4bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "micro blogging server and client",
   "main": "server.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node server.js"  
+  },
   "dependencies": {
       "mongoose": "^4.5.6",
       "express": "^4.7.1",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 899d41e..8582b88 100755
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@ app.use('/api', apiRoutes);
 // end of API routes -------------------------------------
 
 // Start server
-app.listen(3000, function() {
+app.listen(config.port, function() {
   console.log("Node server running on http://localhost:3000");
 });