diff --git a/fixtures/react_native_with_haul_0_60x_ts/haul.config.js b/fixtures/react_native_with_haul_0_60x_ts/haul.config.js
index 4be04145..8f4f5035 100644
--- a/fixtures/react_native_with_haul_0_60x_ts/haul.config.js
+++ b/fixtures/react_native_with_haul_0_60x_ts/haul.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { withPolyfills, makeConfig } from "../../packages/haul-preset-0.60";
 
 export default makeConfig({
+  server: {
+    port: 8000
+  },
   bundles: {
     index: {
       entry: withPolyfills('./index'),
diff --git a/integration_tests/react_native_0_60x_ts/__tests__/start.test.ts b/integration_tests/react_native_0_60x_ts/__tests__/start.test.ts
index 7c75a56b..69088de3 100644
--- a/integration_tests/react_native_0_60x_ts/__tests__/start.test.ts
+++ b/integration_tests/react_native_0_60x_ts/__tests__/start.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ describe('packager server', () => {
   let instance: Instance;
 
   beforeAll(done => {
-    instance = startServer(8081, TEST_PROJECT_DIR, done);
+    // server port is set in haul.config.js fort this project
+    instance = startServer(undefined, TEST_PROJECT_DIR, done);
   });
 
   afterAll(() => {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ describe('packager server', () => {
 });
 
 async function testPlatform(platform: string) {
-  const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:8081/index.${platform}.bundle`);
+  const res = await fetch(`http://localhost:8000/index.${platform}.bundle`);
   const bundle = await res.text();
   expect(bundle).toMatch('__webpack_require__');
 }
diff --git a/integration_tests/utils/server.ts b/integration_tests/utils/server.ts
index 54b813db..461b433e 100644
--- a/integration_tests/utils/server.ts
+++ b/integration_tests/utils/server.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type Instance = {
 };
 
 export function startServer(
-  port: number,
+  port: number | undefined,
   projectDir: string,
   done: jest.DoneCallback
 ) {
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ export function startServer(
 
   const server = runHaul(projectDir, [
     'start',
-    '--port',
-    port.toString(),
+    ...(port ? ['--port', port.toString()] : []),
   ]) as Instance['server'];
   const instance: Instance = {
     server,
diff --git a/packages/haul-cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/haul-cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 3cab34ec..ead8e2bc 100644
--- a/packages/haul-cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/haul-cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import {
-  DEFAULT_PORT,
   DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME,
   INTERACTIVE_MODE_DEFAULT,
   getProjectConfigPath,
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ export default function startCommand(runtime: Runtime) {
     builder: {
       port: {
         description: 'Port to run your webpack server',
-        default: DEFAULT_PORT,
         type: 'number',
       },
       dev: {
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ export default function startCommand(runtime: Runtime) {
     },
     async handler(
       argv: yargs.Arguments<{
-        port: number;
+        port?: number;
         dev: boolean;
         interactive?: boolean;
         minify?: boolean;