diff --git a/dist/dist-packages/linux/openziti-router/bootstrap.bash b/dist/dist-packages/linux/openziti-router/bootstrap.bash
index a275d9541..7e8628750 100755
--- a/dist/dist-packages/linux/openziti-router/bootstrap.bash
+++ b/dist/dist-packages/linux/openziti-router/bootstrap.bash
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ function bootstrap() {
 : "${ZITI_ROUTER_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS:=localhost}"
 : "${ZITI_ROUTER_NAME:=router}"
 : "${ZITI_CTRL_ADVERTISED_PORT:=1280}"
+: "${ZITI_ROUTER_PORT:=3022}"
 : "${ZITI_ROUTER_MODE:=none}"
 export  ZITI_ROUTER_NAME \
         ZITI_ROUTER_ADVERTISED_ADDRESS \