diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index dd34ac5ee..3d7894d52 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports.ip = "0.0.0.0";
 /**
  * The Port ep-lite should listen to
  */
-exports.port = 9001;
+exports.port = process.env.PORT || 9001;
 /*
  * The Type of the database
  */
diff --git a/src/web.config b/src/web.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e057b9198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web.config
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<configuration>
+  <system.webServer>
+
+    <handlers>
+      <add name="iisnode" path="node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js" verb="*" modules="iisnode" />
+    </handlers>
+
+    <rewrite>
+        <rules>
+            <!-- uncomment this section to enable debugging
+            <rule name="LogFile" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">
+                <match url="iisnode"/>
+                <action type="Rewrite" url="node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/iisnode" />
+            </rule>
+            <rule name="NodeInspector" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">                    
+                <match url="^server.js\/debug[\/]?" />
+            </rule>
+            -->
+            <rule name="StaticContent">
+                 <action type="Rewrite" url="public{{REQUEST_URI}}"/>
+            </rule>
+            <rule name="DynamicContent">
+                 <conditions>
+                      <add input="{{REQUEST_FILENAME}}" matchType="IsFile" negate="True"/>
+                 </conditions>
+                <action type="Rewrite" url="node_modules/ep_etherpad-lite/node/server.js" />
+            </rule>
+        </rules>
+    </rewrite>
+
+  </system.webServer>
+</configuration>