diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8e7a393..9cc5438 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 				"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/parser"
 )
 
+const PORT int = 8080
+
 var mime_types = map[string]string{
 				"css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",
 				"png": "image/png",
@@ -194,5 +196,7 @@ func main() {
 				push_to_db_this_is_a_testing_thing_and_will_be_superfluous_later()
 
 				http.HandleFunc("/", web_handler)
-				log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
+				log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", PORT), nil))
+
+				fmt.Printf("server now live at http://127.0.0.1:%d\n", PORT)
 }