diff --git a/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.params b/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.params
index 3959ec0..5b5358d 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.params
+++ b/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.params
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <testcases>1,[2,8,21,3,8,4,5,14,16,17]*1,[6,8,3,7,4,15,17,9,8,4,10,8,4,11,8,4,12,8,4]*13,13</testcases>
 
     <scaling>1,3b,3,5b,5,7b,7,7b,5,5b,3,3b,1</scaling>
+    <serverPort>8000</serverPort>
     <apps></apps>
     <ONOS_Configuration>
         <org.onosproject.net.intent.impl.compiler.IntentConfigurableRegistrator>
diff --git a/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.py b/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.py
index 3ecbe4c..fcec126 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/HA/HAscaling/HAscaling.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             killResults = killResults and killed
 
         main.step( "Setup server for cluster metadata file" )
-        port = 8000
+        port = main.params['serverPort']
         rootDir = os.path.dirname( main.testFile ) + "/dependencies"
         main.log.debug( "Root dir: {}".format( rootDir ) )
         status = main.Server.start( main.ONOSbench,