diff --git a/utils/mp-server/run_server b/utils/mp-server/run_server
index 3f7b2104baf..e21a5016d1b 100755
--- a/utils/mp-server/run_server
+++ b/utils/mp-server/run_server
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ $# -ge 1 ] && [ "$1" = "--test" ]; then
 	shift
 	PARAMETERS="$@"
 	cd "$SERVERBASE"/build || exit 1
-	bin/wesnothd-$SERVER -c "$SERVERBASE"/wesnothd.cfg --port 15001 $PARAMETERS
+	bin/wesnothd-$SERVER -c "$SERVERBASE"/wesnothd.cfg --port 14990 $PARAMETERS
 	# remove the socket so it looks like we never ran the server
 	rm var/run/socket
 	exit 0