diff --git a/roles/webapi/defaults/main.yml b/roles/webapi/defaults/main.yml
index b0623cc3f902e86105c2c829349349fd68db6346..e8b463110f20bd0dbcc212a6178b34cc5f8044ba 100644
--- a/roles/webapi/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/webapi/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 
+api_port: 443
 cors_support: "false"
diff --git a/roles/webapi/templates/argo-web-api.conf.j2 b/roles/webapi/templates/argo-web-api.conf.j2
index bf607f60d4255f34b2c6bd62c896950ebdc04ae5..ae4f8db494f23f895cf21d351167d77504eea5e7 100644
--- a/roles/webapi/templates/argo-web-api.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/webapi/templates/argo-web-api.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [server]
 bindip = ""
-port = 443
+port = {{ api_port }}
 maxprocs = 4
 cache = false
 lrucache = 700000000