diff --git a/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/cli/api/BaseSettingsApi.java b/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/cli/api/BaseSettingsApi.java
index b97871a3895..c294fcf9ca1 100644
--- a/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/cli/api/BaseSettingsApi.java
+++ b/grails-bootstrap/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/cli/api/BaseSettingsApi.java
@@ -144,26 +144,12 @@ public int getServerPort() {
         return serverPort;
     }
 
-    public void setServerPort(Integer port) {
-        if (port != null) {
-            System.setProperty("server.port", port.toString());
-            System.setProperty("grails.server.port.http", port.toString());
-        }
-    }
-
     public int getServerPortHttps() {
         int serverPortHttps = Integer.valueOf(getPropertyValue("server.port.https", 8443).toString());
         serverPortHttps = Integer.valueOf(getPropertyValue("grails.server.port.https", serverPortHttps).toString());
         return serverPortHttps;
     }
 
-    public void setServerPortHttps(Integer port) {
-        if (port != null) {
-            System.setProperty("server.port.https", port.toString());
-            System.setProperty("grails.server.port.https", port.toString());
-        }
-    }
-
     public String getServerHost() {
         return (String)getPropertyValue("grails.server.host", null);
     }
diff --git a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/project/container/GrailsProjectRunner.groovy b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/project/container/GrailsProjectRunner.groovy
index 8e9d48f1554..3e3471ec3b0 100644
--- a/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/project/container/GrailsProjectRunner.groovy
+++ b/grails-web/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/project/container/GrailsProjectRunner.groovy
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class GrailsProjectRunner extends BaseSettingsApi {
     EmbeddableServer runServer(Map args) {
         try {
             eventListener.triggerEvent("StatusUpdate","Running Grails application")
-
+            def message = "Server running. Browse to http://${args.host ?: 'localhost'}:${args.httpPort}$serverContextPath"
 
             EmbeddableServer server = args["server"]
             if (server.hasProperty('eventListener')) {
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ class GrailsProjectRunner extends BaseSettingsApi {
                 server.grailsConfig = config
             }
 
-            def httpsMessage = ""
             profile("start server") {
 
                 try { new ServerSocket(args.httpPort).close() }
@@ -226,15 +225,12 @@ class GrailsProjectRunner extends BaseSettingsApi {
                     server.startSecure args.host, args.httpPort, args.httpsPort
 
                     // Update the message to reflect the fact we are running HTTPS as well.
-                    setServerPortHttps(server.localHttpsPort)
-                    httpsMessage = " or https://${args.host ?: 'localhost'}:${server.localHttpsPort}$serverContextPath"
+                    message += " or https://${args.host ?: 'localhost'}:${args.httpsPort}$serverContextPath"
                 }
                 else {
                     server.start args.host, args.httpPort
                 }
             }
-            setServerPort(server.localHttpPort)
-            def message = "Server running. Browse to http://${args.host ?: 'localhost'}:${server.localHttpPort}$serverContextPath" + httpsMessage
             eventListener.triggerEvent("StatusFinal", message)
 
             boolean isWindows = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().indexOf("windows") != -1
diff --git a/scripts/StopApp.groovy b/scripts/StopApp.groovy
index 717c15c625b..6c78202074c 100644
--- a/scripts/StopApp.groovy
+++ b/scripts/StopApp.groovy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ target('default': "Stops a forked Grails application") {
 
     try {
         grailsConsole.updateStatus "Stopping Grails Server..."
-        def url = "http://${serverHost ?: 'localhost'}:${serverPort-1}"
+        def url = "http://${serverHost ?: 'localhost'}:${serverPort+1}"
         grailsConsole.verbose "URL to stop server is $url"
         new URL(url).getText(connectTimeout: 10000, readTimeout: 10000)
         grailsConsole.updateStatus "Server Stopped"
diff --git a/scripts/_GrailsTest.groovy b/scripts/_GrailsTest.groovy
index 12b33e95771..4bf968261cf 100644
--- a/scripts/_GrailsTest.groovy
+++ b/scripts/_GrailsTest.groovy
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ target(allTests: "Runs the project's tests.") {
     else {
         projectTestRunner.runAllTests(argsMap, false)
     }
+
 }
 
 /**