diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
index 55c4e5a17..6793ee81d 100644
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from swh.core import config
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'storage': ('dict', {
         'cls': 'remote',
         'args': {
             'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:5002/',
         },
     }),
     'log_dir': ('string', '/tmp/swh/log'),
     'debug': ('bool', False),
-    'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),
-    'port': ('int', 8000),
+    'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),  # development property
+    'port': ('int', 5003),            # development property
     'secret_key': ('string', 'development key'),
     'limiters': ('dict', {
         'cache_uri': None,  # production: memcached as cache (127.0.0.1:11211)
                             # development: in-memory cache so None
         'limits': {
             'swh_api': [{
                 'limiter_rate': '120/h',
                 'exempted_networks': ['127.0.0.0/8']
             }]
         }
     })
 }
 
 swhweb_config = None
 
 
 def get_config(config_file='webapp'):
     """Read the configuration file `config_file`, update the app with
        parameters (secret_key, conf) and return the parsed configuration as a
        dict. If no configuration file is provided, return a default
        configuration."""
 
     global swhweb_config
     if not swhweb_config:
         swhweb_config = config.load_named_config(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
         config.prepare_folders(swhweb_config, 'log_dir')
         swhweb_config['storage'] = get_storage(**swhweb_config['storage'])
     return swhweb_config
 
 
 def storage():
     """Return the current application's SWH storage.
 
     """
     return get_config()['storage']