diff --git a/build_web.sh b/build_web.sh
index c078df5..61510a8 100755
--- a/build_web.sh
+++ b/build_web.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eu
+
+CRATE_NAME=${PWD##*/} # assume crate name is the same as the folder name
+
 script_path=$( cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" ; pwd -P )
 cd "$script_path"
 
@@ -30,8 +33,6 @@ done
 
 # ./setup_web.sh # <- call this first!
 
-FOLDER_NAME=${PWD##*/}
-CRATE_NAME=$FOLDER_NAME # assume crate name is the same as the folder name
 CRATE_NAME_SNAKE_CASE="${CRATE_NAME//-/_}" # for those who name crates with-kebab-case
 
 # This is required to enable the web_sys clipboard API which egui_web uses
diff --git a/start_server.sh b/start_server.sh
index 85c3240..d7500f1 100755
--- a/start_server.sh
+++ b/start_server.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eu
 
+PORT=8080
+
 # Starts a local web-server that serves the contents of the `doc/` folder,
 # which is the folder to where the web version is compiled.
 
-echo "open http://localhost:8080"
+echo "open http://localhost:$PORT"
 
-(cd docs && basic-http-server --addr 127.0.0.1:8080 .)
-# (cd docs && python3 -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1)
+(cd docs && basic-http-server --addr 127.0.0.1:$PORT .)
+# (cd docs && python3 -m http.server $PORT --bind 127.0.0.1)