diff --git a/daemon/src/main/java/com/neemre/btcdcli4j/daemon/notification/NotificationMonitor.java b/daemon/src/main/java/com/neemre/btcdcli4j/daemon/notification/NotificationMonitor.java
index a097062..e9dfb6a 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main/java/com/neemre/btcdcli4j/daemon/notification/NotificationMonitor.java
+++ b/daemon/src/main/java/com/neemre/btcdcli4j/daemon/notification/NotificationMonitor.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
@@ -126,11 +127,11 @@ private void activate() throws NotificationHandlerException {
         Thread.currentThread().setName(getUniqueName());
         isActive = true;
         try {
-            serverSocket = new ServerSocket(serverPort);
+            serverSocket = new ServerSocket(serverPort, 5, InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress());
             serverSocket.setSoTimeout(IDLE_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             try {
-                serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);
+                serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0, 5, InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress());
                 serverSocket.setSoTimeout(IDLE_SOCKET_TIMEOUT);
                 LOG.warn("-- activate(..): failed to create server socket (monitor: '{}', port: "
                                 + "'{}'), reverting to unused port '{}'", type.name(), serverPort,