From 08e9ebbbb400bef21ff45d793d7f661bb70047bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joerg <joerg@dj7nt.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:28:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Make backend port configurable via PORT environment
 variable (defaults to 3001)

This allows changing the port without editing code:
---
 ecosystem.config.js  | 4 ++--
 src/backend/index.js | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ecosystem.config.js b/ecosystem.config.js
index 1f8d0c0..dccdff0 100644
--- a/ecosystem.config.js
+++ b/ecosystem.config.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
       cwd: '/path/to/award',
       env: {
         NODE_ENV: 'production',
-        PORT: 3001
+        PORT: 4000  // Change this to your preferred port
       },
       instances: 1,
       exec_mode: 'fork',
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ module.exports = {
       log_date_format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss Z'
     }
   ]
-};
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/index.js b/src/backend/index.js
index b407f35..141c414 100644
--- a/src/backend/index.js
+++ b/src/backend/index.js
@@ -679,12 +679,13 @@ const app = new Elysia()
     } catch {
       return new Response('Frontend not built. Run `bun run build`', { status: 503 });
     }
-  })
-
-  // Start server
-  .listen(3001);
 
 logger.info(`Backend server running`, { port: app.server?.port, url: `http://localhost:${app.server?.port}` });
 logger.info(`API endpoints available`, { url: `http://localhost:${app.server?.port}/api` });
 
+// Start server - uses PORT environment variable if set, otherwise defaults to 3001
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
+
+.listen(PORT);
+
 export default app;