diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc_sendrecv.py b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc_sendrecv.py
index deb71cf686..ec31e9478a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc_sendrecv.py
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/sendrecv/gst/webrtc_sendrecv.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class WebRTCClient:
         self.pipe = None
         self.webrtc = None
         self.peer_id = peer_id
-        self.server = server or 'wss://webrtc.nirbheek.in:8443'
+        self.server = server
 
     async def connect(self):
         self.conn = await websockets.connect(self.server)
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         sys.exit(1)
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('peerid', help='String ID of the peer to connect to')
-    parser.add_argument('--server', help='Signalling server to connect to, eg "wss://127.0.0.1:8443"')
+    parser.add_argument('--server', default='wss://webrtc.nirbheek.in:8443',
+                        help='Signalling server to connect to, eg "wss://127.0.0.1:8443"')
     args = parser.parse_args()
     our_id = random.randrange(10, 10000)
     c = WebRTCClient(our_id, args.peerid, args.server)