diff --git a/blockExplorerApi/app.go b/blockExplorerApi/app.go
index c1334fe903..9047b1d3aa 100644
--- a/blockExplorerApi/app.go
+++ b/blockExplorerApi/app.go
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ import (
 func main() {
 
 	router := NewRouter()
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", handlers.CORS(handlers.AllowedHeaders([]string{"X-Requested-With", "Content-Type", "Authorization"}), handlers.AllowedMethods([]string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"}), handlers.AllowedOrigins([]string{"*"}))(router)))
+	port := "8080"
+	log.Printf("Listening on port " + " " + port)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, handlers.CORS(handlers.AllowedHeaders([]string{"X-Requested-With", "Content-Type", "Authorization"}), handlers.AllowedMethods([]string{"GET", "POST", "PUT", "HEAD", "OPTIONS"}), handlers.AllowedOrigins([]string{"*"}))(router)))
 }