diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
index 13a779ea5..5defb7dec 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
@@ -40,4 +40,10 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.master)" = "" ]; then
 		commit openmptcprouter
 	EOF
 fi
+if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.vps.port)" = "" ]; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF
+		set openmptcprouter.vps.port='65500'
+		commit openmptcprouter
+	EOF
+fi
 exit 0