diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 066f2b6..1f7be99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ Execute
 	$ make regress
 
 to start the suite.  Keep in mind that the regression tests needs to
-create a few file inside the `regress` directory and bind the 10965
-port.
+create a few file inside the `regress` directory and bind the 10965 and
+10966 ports.
 
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/regress/lib.sh b/regress/lib.sh
index f9d5d3d..6116cd7 100644
--- a/regress/lib.sh
+++ b/regress/lib.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ run_test() {
 	ggflags=
 	host="$REGRESS_HOST"
 	port=10965
+	proxy_port=10966
 	config_common="log syslog off"
 	hdr=
 	body=
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ set_proxy() {
 server "localhost.local" {
 	cert "$PWD/localhost.pem"
 	key "$PWD/localhost.key"
-	listen on $host port $port
+	listen on $host port $proxy_port
 	proxy {
 		relay-to localhost port $port
 		$1
@@ -117,13 +118,13 @@ setup_simple_test() {
 # usage: get <path>
 # return the body of the request on stdout
 get() {
-	$gg -q -T10 $ggflags "gemini://$gghost:10965/$1" || true
+	$gg -q -T10 $ggflags "gemini://$gghost:$port/$1" || true
 }
 
 # usage: head <path>
 # return the meta response line on stdout
 head() {
-	$gg -q -T10 -d header $ggflags "gemini://$gghost:10965/$1" || true
+	$gg -q -T10 -d header $ggflags "gemini://$gghost:$port/$1" || true
 }
 
 # usage: fetch <path>
diff --git a/regress/tests.sh b/regress/tests.sh
index 8eafabb..4905dbc 100644
--- a/regress/tests.sh
+++ b/regress/tests.sh
@@ -402,14 +402,14 @@ test_proxy_relay_to() {
 
 	run
 
-	ggflags="-P localhost:$port -H localhost.local"
+	ggflags="-P localhost:$proxy_port -H localhost.local"
 
 	fetch /
 	check_reply "20 text/gemini" "# hello world"
 }
 
 test_proxy_with_certs() {
-	ggflags="-P localhost:$port -H localhost.local"
+	ggflags="-P localhost:$proxy_port -H localhost.local"
 
 	# first test using the valid keys