diff --git a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/process_handlers/shinkai_node_process_handler.rs b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/process_handlers/shinkai_node_process_handler.rs
index 566038f6f..3eb89599b 100644
--- a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/process_handlers/shinkai_node_process_handler.rs
+++ b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/process_handlers/shinkai_node_process_handler.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ impl ShinkaiNodeProcessHandler {
         let initial_agent_models = format!("ollama:{}", initial_model);
         let options = ShinkaiNodeOptions {
             port: Some("9550".to_string()),
+            ws_port: Some("9551".to_string()),
             node_storage_path: Some(default_node_storage_path),
             unstructured_server_url: Some("https://public.shinkai.com/x-un".to_string()),
             embeddings_server_url: Some("http://127.0.0.1:11435".to_string()),
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ impl ShinkaiNodeProcessHandler {
         let base_options = self.options.clone();
         let merged_options = ShinkaiNodeOptions {
             port: Some(options.port.unwrap_or_else(|| base_options.port.unwrap())),
+            ws_port: Some(options.ws_port.unwrap_or_else(|| base_options.ws_port.unwrap())),
             node_storage_path: Some(
                 options
                     .node_storage_path
diff --git a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/shinkai_node_options.rs b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/shinkai_node_options.rs
index 1ebdeeebb..9c09872a0 100644
--- a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/shinkai_node_options.rs
+++ b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src-tauri/src/local_shinkai_node/shinkai_node_options.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct ShinkaiNodeOptions {
     pub port: Option<String>,
+    pub ws_port: Option<String>,
     pub node_storage_path: Option<String>,
     pub unstructured_server_url: Option<String>,
     pub embeddings_server_url: Option<String>,
diff --git a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src/lib/shinkai-node-manager/shinkai-node-manager-client-types.ts b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src/lib/shinkai-node-manager/shinkai-node-manager-client-types.ts
index 1c2886dfa..1cc46f109 100644
--- a/apps/shinkai-desktop/src/lib/shinkai-node-manager/shinkai-node-manager-client-types.ts
+++ b/apps/shinkai-desktop/src/lib/shinkai-node-manager/shinkai-node-manager-client-types.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export type ShinkaiNodeManagerEventMap =
 
 export type ShinkaiNodeOptions = {
   port?: number;
+  ws_port?: number;
   unstructured_server_url?: string;
   embeddings_server_url?: string;
   first_device_needs_registration_code?: string;