diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d22fc7..b76e95f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Basic syslog server written in Java. All received messages are written to *stdout*.
 
-The syslog server is able to listen on UDP and/or TCP and parses syslog messages in either RFC5424 or RFC3164 (BSD) format.
+The syslog server is able to listen on UDP and/or TCP and parses syslog messages in either RFC5424 or RFC3164 (BSD) format. The default syslog port (514) requires you to run syslogd as root / administrator. If you do not with to do so, you can choose a port number (with the -p flag) above 1024.
 
 *This project is in no way associated with, supported or endorsed by, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).*
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/syslogd/SyslogParserTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/syslogd/SyslogParserTest.groovy
index aff97d6..222e27d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/syslogd/SyslogParserTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/biz/nellemann/syslogd/SyslogParserTest.groovy
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ package biz.nellemann.syslogd
 
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import java.time.Instant
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 
 class SyslogParserTest extends Specification {
 
     void "test parseRfc3164Timestamp"() {
 
         setup:
-        LocalDateTime dt = LocalDateTime.now()
+        OffsetDateTime odt = OffsetDateTime.now()
         String dateString = "Sep 12 22:50:13"
 
         when:
         Instant inst = SyslogParser.parseRfc3164Timestamp(dateString)
 
         then:
-        inst.toString() == "${dt.getYear()}-09-12T20:50:13Z"
+        inst.toString() == "${odt.getYear()}-09-12T20:50:13Z"
     }
 
     void "test parseRfc5424Timestamp"() {