diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b950e81..c854b63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Fix for [44](https://github.com/babashka/scittle/issues/44): Honoring `SCITTLE_NREPL_WEBSOCKET_PORT` in `scittle.nrepl`
+
 ## v0.3.10
 
 - Add `scittle.promesa.js` plugin. This gives access to the [promesa](https://cljdoc.org/d/funcool/promesa/8.0.450/doc/user-guide) library.
diff --git a/src/scittle/nrepl.cljs b/src/scittle/nrepl.cljs
index e7fcad2..fffa295 100644
--- a/src/scittle/nrepl.cljs
+++ b/src/scittle/nrepl.cljs
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@
     :complete (let [completions (completions (assoc msg :ctx @!sci-ctx))]
                 (nrepl-reply msg completions))))
 
-(when (.-SCITTLE_NREPL_WEBSOCKET_PORT js/window)
+(defn ws-url [host port path]
+  (str "ws://" host ":" port "/" path))
+
+(when-let [ws-port (.-SCITTLE_NREPL_WEBSOCKET_PORT js/window)]
   (set! (.-ws_nrepl js/window)
-        (new js/WebSocket "ws://localhost:1340/_nrepl")))
+        (new js/WebSocket (ws-url "localhost" ws-port "_nrepl"))))
 
 (when-let [ws (nrepl-websocket)]
   (prn :ws ws)