diff --git a/binaries/cli/src/main.rs b/binaries/cli/src/main.rs
index 345931d31..405ef7f4c 100644
--- a/binaries/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/binaries/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ enum Command {
     /// Run runtime
     Runtime,
     /// Run coordinator
-    Coordinator { port: Option<u16> },
+    Coordinator { 
+        #[clap(long, default_value_t = SocketAddr::new(
+            IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT)
+        )]
+        bind: SocketAddr,
+     },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
@@ -270,14 +275,14 @@ fn run() -> eyre::Result<()> {
             }
         }
         Command::Destroy { config } => up::destroy(config.as_deref())?,
-        Command::Coordinator { port } => {
+        Command::Coordinator { bind } => {
             let rt = Builder::new_multi_thread()
                 .enable_all()
                 .build()
                 .context("tokio runtime failed")?;
             rt.block_on(async {
                 let (_port, task) =
-                    dora_coordinator::start(port, futures::stream::empty::<Event>()).await?;
+                    dora_coordinator::start(bind, futures::stream::empty::<Event>()).await?;
                 task.await
             })
             .context("failed to run dora-coordinator")?
diff --git a/binaries/coordinator/src/lib.rs b/binaries/coordinator/src/lib.rs
index 3d6be47d7..af53c6ea3 100644
--- a/binaries/coordinator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/coordinator/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use dora_core::{
     message::uhlc::{self, HLC},
     topics::{
         control_socket_addr, ControlRequest, ControlRequestReply, DataflowId,
-        DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT,
     },
 };
 use eyre::{bail, eyre, ContextCompat, WrapErr};
@@ -39,11 +38,10 @@ mod run;
 mod tcp_utils;
 
 pub async fn start(
-    port: Option<u16>,
+    bind: SocketAddr,
     external_events: impl Stream<Item = Event> + Unpin,
 ) -> Result<(u16, impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<()>>), eyre::ErrReport> {
-    let port = port.unwrap_or(DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT);
-    let listener = listener::create_listener(port).await?;
+    let listener = listener::create_listener(bind).await?;
     let port = listener
         .local_addr()
         .wrap_err("failed to get local addr of listener")?
diff --git a/binaries/coordinator/src/listener.rs b/binaries/coordinator/src/listener.rs
index ee78755fd..824d1168c 100644
--- a/binaries/coordinator/src/listener.rs
+++ b/binaries/coordinator/src/listener.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 use crate::{tcp_utils::tcp_receive, DaemonEvent, DataflowEvent, Event};
 use dora_core::{coordinator_messages, daemon_messages::Timestamped, message::uhlc::HLC};
 use eyre::{eyre, Context};
-use std::{io::ErrorKind, net::Ipv4Addr, sync::Arc};
+use std::{io::ErrorKind, net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::{
     net::{TcpListener, TcpStream},
     sync::mpsc,
 };
 
-pub async fn create_listener(port: u16) -> eyre::Result<TcpListener> {
-    let localhost = Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1);
-    let socket = match TcpListener::bind((localhost, port)).await {
+pub async fn create_listener(bind: SocketAddr) -> eyre::Result<TcpListener> {
+    let socket = match TcpListener::bind(bind).await {
         Ok(socket) => socket,
         Err(err) => {
             return Err(eyre::Report::new(err).wrap_err("failed to create local TCP listener"))
diff --git a/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs b/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
index bd0722135..9a7b30b08 100644
--- a/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
+++ b/examples/multiple-daemons/run.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use dora_coordinator::{ControlEvent, Event};
 use dora_core::{
     descriptor::Descriptor,
-    topics::{ControlRequest, ControlRequestReply, DataflowId},
+    topics::{ControlRequest, ControlRequestReply, DataflowId, DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT},
 };
 use dora_tracing::set_up_tracing;
 use eyre::{bail, Context};
 
 use std::{
     collections::BTreeSet,
-    net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr},
+    net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr},
     path::Path,
     time::Duration,
 };
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     build_dataflow(dataflow).await?;
 
     let (coordinator_events_tx, coordinator_events_rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
+    let coordinator_bind = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)), DORA_COORDINATOR_PORT_DEFAULT);
     let (coordinator_port, coordinator) =
-        dora_coordinator::start(None, ReceiverStream::new(coordinator_events_rx)).await?;
+        dora_coordinator::start(coordinator_bind, ReceiverStream::new(coordinator_events_rx)).await?;
     let coordinator_addr = SocketAddr::new(Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST.into(), coordinator_port);
     let daemon_a = run_daemon(coordinator_addr.to_string(), "A".into());
     let daemon_b = run_daemon(coordinator_addr.to_string(), "B".into());