diff --git a/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/Parse.java b/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/Parse.java
index ae54a9e..1964b59 100644
--- a/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/Parse.java
+++ b/parsers/java/src/main/java/com/bitshift/parsing/Parse.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ public class Parse {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         ParseServer server = new ParseServer(Integer.parseInt(args[0]));
+        System.out.println("Java Server listening on port " + args[0]);
         new Thread(server).start();
     }
 
diff --git a/parsers/ruby/Rakefile b/parsers/ruby/Rakefile
index e66f695..f8cdf64 100644
--- a/parsers/ruby/Rakefile
+++ b/parsers/ruby/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require File.expand_path('../lib/parse_server.rb', __FILE__)
 
-task :start_server do |t|
-    start_server
+task :start_server, [:port_number] do |t, args|
+    start_server Integer(args[:port_number])
 end
diff --git a/parsers/ruby/lib/parse_server.rb b/parsers/ruby/lib/parse_server.rb
index 9a929aa..2c87e49 100644
--- a/parsers/ruby/lib/parse_server.rb
+++ b/parsers/ruby/lib/parse_server.rb
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ def pack_int(i)
 end
 
 
-def start_server
-    server = TCPServer.new 5065
+def start_server(port_number)
+    server = TCPServer.new port_number
+    puts "Ruby Server listening on port #{port_number}\n"
 
     loop do
         # Start a new thread for each client accepted