diff --git a/bin/checkalive.sh b/bin/checkalive.sh
index c86565194..56d836c00 100755
--- a/bin/checkalive.sh
+++ b/bin/checkalive.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # add in /etc/crontab
 # 0 *	* * *	yacy    cd /home/yacy/production/bin && ./checkalive.sh
 
-RESULT=`wget -t 1 --spider http://localhost:8090/Status.html 2>&1`
+port=$(grep ^port= ../DATA/SETTINGS/yacy.conf |cut -d= -f2)
+RESULT=`wget -t 1 --spider http://localhost:$port/Status.html 2>&1`
 FLAG=0
 
 for x in $RESULT; do
diff --git a/bin/graphicstest.sh b/bin/graphicstest.sh
index c75f6f414..384d2d489 100755
--- a/bin/graphicstest.sh
+++ b/bin/graphicstest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+port=$(grep ^port= ../DATA/SETTINGS/yacy.conf |cut -d= -f2)
 while [ 1 = 1 ]
 do
-curl "http://localhost:8090/NetworkPicture.png?width=768&height=576&bgcolor=FFFFFF" > /dev/null
+curl "http://localhost:$port/NetworkPicture.png?width=768&height=576&bgcolor=FFFFFF" > /dev/null
 done