diff --git a/conf/carbon.conf.example b/conf/carbon.conf.example
index 6d0264bbd..456233be9 100644
--- a/conf/carbon.conf.example
+++ b/conf/carbon.conf.example
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ WHISPER_FALLOCATE_CREATE = True
 # BIND_PATTERNS = #
 
 # URL of graphite-web instance, this is used to add incoming series to the tag database
-# GRAPHITE_URL = http://127.0.0.1:8000
+# GRAPHITE_URL = http://127.0.0.1:80
 
 # Tag support, when enabled carbon will make HTTP calls to graphite-web to update the tag index
 # ENABLE_TAGS = True
diff --git a/lib/carbon/conf.py b/lib/carbon/conf.py
index f07c7547e..92062dd4b 100644
--- a/lib/carbon/conf.py
+++ b/lib/carbon/conf.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   AMQP_VERBOSE=False,
   AMQP_SPEC=None,
   BIND_PATTERNS=['#'],
-  GRAPHITE_URL='http://127.0.0.1:8000',
+  GRAPHITE_URL='http://127.0.0.1:80',
   ENABLE_TAGS=True,
   TAG_UPDATE_INTERVAL=100,
   TAG_BATCH_SIZE=100,