diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f3e6641..2d3abb69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,24 +50,7 @@ bitcoind must be running and must have finished downloading the blockchain **bef
 
 ## Configuration
 
-All configuration is specified in the [config](config/) folder, particularly the [config.js](config/config.js) file. There you can specify your application name and database name. Certain configuration values are pulled from environment variables if they are defined:
-
-```
-BITCOIND_HOST         # RPC bitcoind host
-BITCOIND_PORT         # RPC bitcoind Port
-BITCOIND_P2P_HOST     # P2P bitcoind Host (will default to BITCOIND_HOST, if specified)
-BITCOIND_P2P_PORT     # P2P bitcoind Port
-BITCOIND_USER         # RPC username
-BITCOIND_PASS         # RPC password
-BITCOIND_DATADIR      # bitcoind datadir. 'testnet3' will be appended automatically if testnet is used. NEED to finish with '/'. e.g: `/vol/data/`
-BLOCKCHAIN_API_NETWORK [= 'livenet' | 'testnet']
-BLOCKCHAIN_API_PORT   # blockchain api port
-BLOCKCHAIN_API_DB            # Path where to store bitcore-node's internal DB. (defaults to $HOME/.bitcore-node)
-BLOCKCHAIN_API_SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS=6  # Nr. of confirmation needed to start caching transaction information   
-BLOCKCHAIN_API_IGNORE_CACHE  # True to ignore cache of spents in transaction, with more than BLOCKCHAIN_API_SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS confirmations. This is useful for tracking double spents for old transactions.
-LOGGER_LEVEL # defaults to 'info', can be 'debug','verbose','error', etc.
-ENABLE_HTTPS # if "true" it will server using SSL/HTTPS
-```
+`bitcore-node` is configured using [yaml](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) files. The application defaults are in the [config](config/) folder.
 
 Make sure that bitcoind is configured to [accept incoming connections using 'rpcallowip'](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin).
 
@@ -121,13 +104,13 @@ This can be changed at config/config.js. As of June 2014, storing the livenet bl
 
 ## Development
 
-To run `bitcore-node` locally for development with grunt:
+To run `bitcore-node` locally for development with gulp:
 
-```$ NODE_ENV=development grunt```
+```$ NODE_ENV=development gulp```
 
 To run the tests
 
-```$ grunt test```
+```$ gulp test```
 
 
 ## Caching schema
diff --git a/api/lib/http.js b/api/lib/http.js
index 50c66a4e..686acdb6 100644
--- a/api/lib/http.js
+++ b/api/lib/http.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function BitcoreHTTP(node, opts) {
   $.checkArgument(node);
   opts = opts || {};
   this.node = node;
-  this.port = opts.port || 8000;
+  this.port = opts.port || 8080;
   this.logging = opts.logging || false;
   this.setupExpress();
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dce6461a..8f5fc4f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "bitcore"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "node node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt"
+    "start": "node index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.9.0",