diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d985705..eb1f557 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ The `options` parameter is optional, and can contain the following properties:
 
   This option property is ignored if not running locally.
 
-This function returns an object with the following properties:
+#### return value
+
+The `getAppEnv()` function returns an object with the following properties:
 
 * `app`:      object version of `VCAP_APPLICATION` env var
 * `services`: object version of `VCAP_SERVICES` env var
diff --git a/lib-src/cfenv.coffee b/lib-src/cfenv.coffee
index 4082ef4..0252bd5 100644
--- a/lib-src/cfenv.coffee
+++ b/lib-src/cfenv.coffee
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ getServices = (appEnv, options) ->
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 getPort = (appEnv) ->
-  portString = process.env.PORT || process.env.CF_INSTANCE_PORT || process.env.VCAP_APP_PORT || appEnv?.app?.port
+  portString = process.env.PORT || 
+    process.env.CF_INSTANCE_PORT || 
+    process.env.VCAP_APP_PORT || 
+    appEnv?.app?.port
 
   unless portString?
     return 3000 unless appEnv.name?
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/vcap-local-good.json b/tests/fixtures/vcap-local-good.json
index efc2dc6..1590ec6 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/vcap-local-good.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/vcap-local-good.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+    "application": {
+        "port": 42
+    },
     "services": {
         "service-a-label": [
             {
diff --git a/tests/test-core.coffee b/tests/test-core.coffee
index 1fbdf4f..8612edd 100644
--- a/tests/test-core.coffee
+++ b/tests/test-core.coffee
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ describe "appEnv", ->
     creds  = appEnv.getServiceCreds "service-a"
     creds  = JSON.stringify(creds)
     expect(creds).to.be '{"url":"foo"}'
+    expect(appEnv.port).to.be 42
 
     #-------------------------------------------
     vcapFile = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'vcap-local-bad.json')