diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/ldap_test_service.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/ldap_test_service.py
index b80e419adbafed123862950c1a3a691e2ccd1807..e14131db2db4a4cdd484229882839ff6dd7599a1 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/ldap_test_service.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/test/ldap_test_service.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logging_already_configured = len(logging.root.handlers)>0
 
 from ldap_test import LdapServer
-from ldap_test.server import DEFAULT_GATEWAY_PORT, DEFAULT_PYTHON_PROXY_PORT
+from ldap_test.server import DEFAULT_GATEWAY_PORT, DEFAULT_PYTHON_PROXY_PORT, DEFAULT_CONFIG
 from py4j.java_gateway import Py4JNetworkError
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class TestLDAPServer():
         with self._named_lock:
             self._tmp_creds.dbcreds.type = 'LDAP'
             self._tmp_creds.dbcreds.host = '127.0.0.1'
-            self._tmp_creds.dbcreds.port = find_free_port()
+            self._tmp_creds.dbcreds.port = find_free_port(DEFAULT_CONFIG.get('port'))
             self._tmp_creds.create()
 
             logger.info("Using dbcreds '%s' to start and configure LDAP server: %s",