diff --git a/system/athena/athenad.py b/system/athena/athenad.py
index 56b3bb609c2bda..b5a8f5127fed13 100755
--- a/system/athena/athenad.py
+++ b/system/athena/athenad.py
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ def setRouteViewed(route: str) -> dict[str, int | str]:
 
 def startLocalProxy(global_end_event: threading.Event, remote_ws_uri: str, local_port: int) -> dict[str, int]:
   try:
+    # migration, can be removed once 0.9.8 is out for a while
+    if local_port == 8022:
+      local_port = 22
+
     if local_port not in LOCAL_PORT_WHITELIST:
       raise Exception("Requested local port not whitelisted")