diff --git a/src/transport.cpp b/src/transport.cpp
index 106f062207fc3db7dbc11e43789640b125ba362e..7bd92b4dd5d59bc7bd4330220877a1e39b8f6146 100644
--- a/src/transport.cpp
+++ b/src/transport.cpp
@@ -231,8 +231,12 @@ void Component::handleConnected() {
 
 void Component::handleServerStopped(boost::optional<Swift::BoostConnectionServer::Error> e) {
 	if(e != NULL ) {
-		if(*e == Swift::BoostConnectionServer::Conflict)
+		if(*e == Swift::BoostConnectionServer::Conflict) {
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Port "<< CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.port") << " already in use! Stopping server..");
+			if (CONFIG_INT(m_config, "service.port") == 5347) {
+				LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Port 5347 is usually used for components. You are using server_mode=1. Are you sure you don't want to use server_mode=0 and run spectrum as component?");
+			}
+		}
 		if(*e == Swift::BoostConnectionServer::UnknownError)
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Unknown error occured! Stopping server..");
 		exit(1);