diff --git a/aztec-up/bin/docker-compose.test.yml b/aztec-up/bin/docker-compose.test.yml
index 4a95518d32fb..604d3294e3c9 100644
--- a/aztec-up/bin/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/aztec-up/bin/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./log:/usr/src/yarn-project/aztec/log:rw
       - ${HOME}:${HOME}
-    command: start --txe
+    command: start --txe --port 8081
       
   aztec-nargo:
     image: "aztecprotocol/aztec-nargo"
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
index 9127623e5801..26d3f88df3fa 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/aztec_start_options.ts
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ export const aztecStartOptions: { [key: string]: AztecStartOption[] } = {
   ],
   API: [
     {
-      flag: '--port',
+      flag: '--port <value>',
       description: 'Port to run the Aztec Services on on',
       defaultValue: 8080,
       envVar: 'AZTEC_PORT',
       parseVal: val => parseInt(val, 10),
     },
     {
-      flag: '--api-prefix',
+      flag: '--api-prefix <value>',
       description: 'Prefix for API routes on any service that is started',
       defaultValue: '',
       envVar: 'API_PREFIX',
@@ -295,12 +295,5 @@ export const aztecStartOptions: { [key: string]: AztecStartOption[] } = {
       defaultValue: undefined,
       envVar: undefined,
     },
-    {
-      flag: '--txe.port <value>',
-      description: 'Port to run TXE on',
-      defaultValue: 8081,
-      envVar: 'TXE_PORT',
-      parseVal: val => parseInt(val, 10),
-    },
   ],
 };
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_txe.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_txe.ts
index 608aa39581e9..703b2cb7d6eb 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_txe.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_txe.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export const startTXE = (options: any, debugLogger: DebugLogger) => {
   const app = txeServer.getApp();
   const httpServer = http.createServer(app.callback());
   httpServer.timeout = 1e3 * 60 * 5; // 5 minutes
-  const port = parseInt(options.txePort);
-  httpServer.listen(port);
-  debugLogger.info(`TXE listening on port ${port}`);
+  httpServer.listen(options.port);
+  debugLogger.info(`TXE listening on port ${options.port}`);
 };