diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index fcdd4d55..60b8359f 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
         let serializedUrl = '';
 
         // make an exception for ipfs stats
-        if (validatedUrl.toString() === 'http://localhost:5001/webui/') {
+        if (validatedUrl.toString() === 'http://localhost:50019/webui/') {
           serializedUrl = validatedUrl.toString();
         } else if (validatedUrl.protocol === 'https:') {
           // open serialized url to prevent remote execution
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
       let serializedUrl = '';
 
       // make an exception for ipfs stats
-      if (validatedUrl.toString() === 'http://localhost:5001/webui/') {
+      if (validatedUrl.toString() === 'http://localhost:50019/webui/') {
         serializedUrl = validatedUrl.toString();
       } else if (validatedUrl.protocol === 'https:') {
         // open serialized url to prevent remote execution
diff --git a/electron/start-ipfs.js b/electron/start-ipfs.js
index 9bbdbc1d..2f1722a9 100644
--- a/electron/start-ipfs.js
+++ b/electron/start-ipfs.js
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ const startIpfs = async () => {
   });
 
   // use different port with proxy for debugging during env
-  let apiAddress = '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001';
+  let apiAddress = '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/50019';
   if (isDev) {
-    apiAddress = apiAddress.replace('5001', '5002');
-    proxyServer.start({ proxyPort: 5001, targetPort: 5002 });
+    apiAddress = apiAddress.replace('50019', '50029');
+    proxyServer.start({ proxyPort: 50019, targetPort: 50029 });
   }
   await spawnAsync(ipfsPath, ['config', 'Addresses.API', apiAddress], { env, hideWindows: true });
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const start = async () => {
   }
   pendingStart = true;
   try {
-    const started = await tcpPortUsed.check(isDev ? 5002 : 5001, '127.0.0.1');
+    const started = await tcpPortUsed.check(isDev ? 50029 : 50019, '127.0.0.1');
     if (started) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js b/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
index 83a8fae6..8a3e07b9 100644
--- a/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
+++ b/electron/start-plebbit-rpc.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const port = 9138;
 const defaultPlebbitOptions = {
   // find the user's OS data path
   dataPath: !isDev ? envPaths.data : path.join(dirname, '..', '.plebbit'),
-  ipfsHttpClientsOptions: ['http://localhost:5001/api/v0'],
+  ipfsHttpClientsOptions: ['http://localhost:50019/api/v0'],
   httpRoutersOptions: ['https://routing.lol', 'https://peers.pleb.bot'],
 };
 
diff --git a/src/views/home/home.tsx b/src/views/home/home.tsx
index 4bc14372..cedf401c 100644
--- a/src/views/home/home.tsx
+++ b/src/views/home/home.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const Footer = () => {
           v{packageJson.version}
         </a>
         {isElectron && (
-          <a className={styles.fullNodeStats} href='http://localhost:5001/webui/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
+          <a className={styles.fullNodeStats} href='http://localhost:50019/webui/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer'>
             node stats
           </a>
         )}