diff --git a/gild.c b/gild.c
index 66336db..3faa677 100644
--- a/gild.c
+++ b/gild.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[])
 		    arg ++;
 		    configPath = argv[ arg];
 		    break;
+	       case 'p':	/* specify a port to listen on */
+		    arg ++;
+		    port = atoi( argv[ arg]);
+		    break;
 	       default:
 		    sprintf( errorBuff, 
 			    "unrecognised command line switch [-%c]",
@@ -80,11 +84,6 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[])
 	  error( FATAL_ERROR);
      }
 
-     port = handlers->port;	/* for now we'll listen on the port of
-				   the last registered handler --
-				   after all, we bomb out if this is
-				   different from any of the others */
-
      keyhole = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
      if ( keyhole == -1)
      {