diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ac63aa..7cf4ad4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ python -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 .venv/bin/python manage.py migrate
 DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=admin .venv/bin/python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput --username admin --email admin@example.com
 .venv/bin/python manage.py seed_demo          # demo project from tl/.../one_two_three.otio
-.venv/bin/python manage.py runserver
+.venv/bin/python manage.py runserver 9001
 ```
 
-Admin: <http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/> (admin / admin). Upload OTIO and inspect
+Admin: <http://127.0.0.1:9001/admin/> (admin / admin). Upload OTIO and inspect
 the scene JSON there.
 
 ### API (session auth; 401 if not logged in)
diff --git a/tl/src/tl/api.cljs b/tl/src/tl/api.cljs
index babc0ad..db09ebc 100644
--- a/tl/src/tl/api.cljs
+++ b/tl/src/tl/api.cljs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 (ns tl.api
   "Thin fetch wrapper around the Django backend. Functions dispatch re-frame
    events on completion (qualified keywords, to avoid a require cycle with
-   tl.events). Same host as the page, port 8000, with the session cookie."
+   tl.events). Same host as the page, port 9001, with the session cookie."
   (:require [re-frame.core :as rf]))
 
 (def base
-  (str (.. js/window -location -protocol) "//" (.. js/window -location -hostname) ":8000"))
+  (str (.. js/window -location -protocol) "//" (.. js/window -location -hostname) ":9001"))
 
 (defn- ->clj [x] (js->clj x :keywordize-keys true))