diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index ccf23548..42272745 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ AWS_REGION_NAME=
 DAYTONA_API_KEY=
 DAYTONA_SERVER_URL=
 DAYTONA_TARGET=
+
+# Custom backend port
+PORT=
diff --git a/backend/api.py b/backend/api.py
index 711e1e04..eb4743bc 100644
--- a/backend/api.py
+++ b/backend/api.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import uuid
 import time
 from collections import OrderedDict
+import os
 
 # Import the agent API module
 from agent import api as agent_api
@@ -137,5 +138,5 @@ async def health_check():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import uvicorn
-    logger.info("Starting server on 0.0.0.0:8000")
-    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8000) 
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+    logger.info("Starting server on 0.0.0.0:{}".format(os.getenv("PORT", 8000)))
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=int(os.getenv("PORT", 8000))) 
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