diff --git a/bittensor/__init__.py b/bittensor/__init__.py
index 852502deb5..e0b93f10c8 100644
--- a/bittensor/__init__.py
+++ b/bittensor/__init__.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def debug(on: bool = True):
 ) is not None:
     __local_entrypoint__ = BT_SUBTENSOR_CHAIN_ENDPOINT
 else:
-    __local_entrypoint__ = "ws://127.0.0.1:9946"
+    __local_entrypoint__ = "ws://127.0.0.1:9944"
 
 
 __tao_symbol__: str = chr(0x03C4)