diff --git a/desktop/README.md b/desktop/README.md
index b9cbda50..020f4223 100644
--- a/desktop/README.md
+++ b/desktop/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The Ollama desktop experience
 In the background run the `ollama.py` [development](../docs/development.md) server:
 
 ```
-python ../ollama.py serve --port 5001
+python ../ollama.py serve --port 7734
 ```
 
 Then run the desktop app: