diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index a5db37c47..1680f9ba4 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static int table;
 static int no_fallback;
 static int timeout;
 static int silent_timeout;
-static int port_min;
-static int port_max;
+static int port_min = 40000;
+static int port_max = 50000;
 static u_int32_t redis_ip;
 static u_int16_t redis_port;
 static int redis_db = -1;