From f800bfeec454c2ddc34fd0fa80e0dee84edf6f6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mei Chang van der Werff <m.c.l.werff@student.tudelft.nl>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] User manually puts in the port

---
 server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java | 21 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java b/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
index c0c564a..ebf9038 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package server;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class PortChecker {
     private static final int defaultPort = 8080;
-    private static final int lastPort = 8090; // To limit the amount of ports to look for availability
 
     /**
      * Finds a free port to launch the program on.
@@ -14,13 +14,24 @@ public class PortChecker {
      * @throws IOException when no available port is found
      */
     public int findFreePort() throws IOException {
-        for (int port = defaultPort; port <= lastPort; port++) {
-            if(isPortAvailable(port)){
+        if(isPortAvailable(defaultPort)){
+            return defaultPort;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Please enter the port number you want to use");
+        Scanner portScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+        while(true){
+            int port = portScanner.nextInt();
+
+            if(port > 0 && port <=65535){ //range of valid ports
+                isPortAvailable(port);
                 return port;
             }
+            else {
+                System.out.println("Try a different port:");
+            }
         }
-        throw new IOException("No free port found");
-    }
+}
 
     /**
      * Checks whether a port is actually available.