diff --git a/ui/desktop/.ember-cli b/ui/desktop/.ember-cli
index ea0ae0fc8..4ccb4bf43 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/.ember-cli
+++ b/ui/desktop/.ember-cli
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
   Setting `isTypeScriptProject` to true will force the blueprint generators to generate TypeScript
   rather than JavaScript by default, when a TypeScript version of a given blueprint is available.
   */
-  "isTypeScriptProject": false,
-  "port": 4201
+  "isTypeScriptProject": false
 }
diff --git a/ui/desktop/package.json b/ui/desktop/package.json
index 4c48cbefe..c497d253f 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/package.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "format:hbs": "prettier --write 'app/**/*.hbs'",
     "format:js": "prettier --write '{app,config,stories,tests,electron-app/src}/**/*.js' *.js",
     "format:sass": "prettier --write app/**/*.scss",
-    "start": "ember serve",
+    "start": "ember serve --port 4201",
     "prestart:desktop": "cd electron-app && yarn premake",
     "start:desktop": "ember electron",
     "clean:coverage": "rm -rf coverage_*",