diff --git a/python/src/jupyter_remote_spawn/sshfs.py b/python/src/jupyter_remote_spawn/sshfs.py
index 98b964b2f0d60a3b68231eb17d9e11c2d2dcb45e..fa1dfee1d9d5a7fc94d098fc670d757ff7a6cebf 100644
--- a/python/src/jupyter_remote_spawn/sshfs.py
+++ b/python/src/jupyter_remote_spawn/sshfs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Sshfs:
             return
 
         options = {
-            'directport': port,
+            'directport': self.port,
             'cache': True,
             'cache_max_size': 536870912, # 512 MiB
             'cache_timeout': 60,