diff --git a/chat_listener.py b/chat_listener.py
index dbd7fc1..c440c57 100644
--- a/chat_listener.py
+++ b/chat_listener.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 from twitchio.ext import commands
+from twitchio.web import AiohttpAdapter
 
 class TwitchBot(commands.Bot):
     def __init__(self, access_token: str, client_id: str, client_secret: str, bot_id: str, channel_name: str, websocket_manager):
         self.websocket_manager = websocket_manager
+        
+        # Configure the internal web adapter to use a non-standard, high port
+        # to avoid conflicts during development and hot-reloading.
+        adapter = AiohttpAdapter(host="localhost", port=8123)
+
         super().__init__(
             token=access_token,
             prefix='!', # A prefix is required but won't be used for reading chat
@@ -13,9 +19,8 @@ class TwitchBot(commands.Bot):
             # The 'bot_id' is the Twitch ID of the user account the bot is running as
             bot_id=bot_id, id=bot_id,
             # Explicitly disable the internal web server to prevent port conflicts
-            eventsub_url=None,
-            # Ensure no web adapter is initialized
-            web_adapter=None
+            # Pass our custom-configured adapter.
+            web_server_adapter=adapter
         )
         self.channel_name = channel_name