diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9ba7b6..af53ea1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ The following are arguments that can be passed to `pypxe.server` when running fr
 |Argument|Description|Default|
 |---|---|---|
 |__`--tftp-server-ip TFTP_SERVER_IP`__|Specify TFTP server IP address|`0.0.0.0`|
+|__`--tftp-port TFTP_PORT`__|Specify TFTP server Port|69|
 
 ##### HTTP Service Arguments
 
diff --git a/example_cfg.json b/example_cfg.json
index f97c74e..a80573f 100644
--- a/example_cfg.json
+++ b/example_cfg.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "STATIC_CONFIG": "", 
     "SYSLOG_PORT": 514, 
     "SYSLOG_SERVER": null, 
+    "TFTP_PORT": 69,
     "TFTP_SERVER_IP": "192.168.2.2", 
     "USE_DHCP": true, 
     "USE_HTTP": false, 
diff --git a/pypxe/server.py b/pypxe/server.py
index a8c927e..34fc5d0 100755
--- a/pypxe/server.py
+++ b/pypxe/server.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
             'STATIC_CONFIG':'',
             'SYSLOG_SERVER':None,
             'SYSLOG_PORT':514,
+            'TFTP_PORT':69,
             'TFTP_SERVER_IP':'0.0.0.0',
             'USE_IPXE':False,
             'USE_HTTP':False,
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ def parse_cli_arguments():
 
     # TFTP server arguments
     tftp_group = parser.add_argument_group(title = 'TFTP', description = 'Arguments relevant to the TFTP server')
+    tftp_group.add_argument('--tftp-port', action = 'store', dest = 'TFTP_PORT', help = 'TFTP Server Port', default = SETTINGS['TFTP_PORT'])
     tftp_group.add_argument('--tftp-server-ip', action = 'store', dest = 'TFTP_SERVER_IP', help = 'TFTP Server IP', default = SETTINGS['TFTP_SERVER_IP'])
 
     return parser.parse_args()
@@ -171,22 +173,6 @@ def main():
         if os.getuid() != 0:
             print(sys.stderr, '\nWARNING: Not root. Servers will probably fail to bind.\n')
 
-
-        # ideally this would be in dhcp itself, but the chroot below *probably*
-        # breaks the ability to open the config file.
-        if args.STATIC_CONFIG:
-            try:
-                static_config = io.open(args.STATIC_CONFIG, 'r')
-            except IOError:
-                sys.exit("Failed to open {0}".format(args.STATIC_CONFIG))
-            try:
-                loaded_statics = json.load(static_config)
-                static_config.close()
-            except ValueError:
-                sys.exit("{0} does not contain valid json".format(args.STATIC_CONFIG))
-        else:
-            loaded_statics = dict()
-
         # setup main logger
         sys_logger = logging.getLogger('PyPXE')
         if args.SYSLOG_SERVER:
@@ -242,6 +228,7 @@ def main():
                 mode_verbose = do_verbose('tftp'),
                 logger = tftp_logger,
                 netboot_directory = args.NETBOOT_DIR,
+                port = args.TFTP_PORT,
                 ip = args.TFTP_SERVER_IP)
             tftpd = threading.Thread(target = tftp_server.listen)
             tftpd.daemon = True
@@ -258,6 +245,31 @@ def dhcp_export_leases(signum, frame):
                 if signum == signal.SIGINT:
                     raise KeyboardInterrupt
 
+            def load_dhcp_static_config(filename):
+                result = ['', dict()]
+
+                try:
+                    static_config = io.open(filename, 'r')
+                except IOError:
+                    result[0] = "Failed to open {0}".format(filename)
+                    return result
+
+                try:
+                    result[1] = json.load(static_config)
+                    static_config.close()
+                except ValueError:
+                    result[0] = "{0} does not contain valid json".format(filename)
+                    return result
+
+                return result
+
+            if args.STATIC_CONFIG:
+                message, loaded_statics = load_dhcp_static_config(args.STATIC_CONFIG)
+                if message:
+                    sys.exit(message)
+            else:
+                loaded_statics = dict()
+
             # setup DHCP logger
             dhcp_logger = helpers.get_child_logger(sys_logger, 'DHCP')
             if args.DHCP_MODE_PROXY: