diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_cloud.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_cloud.py
index 96ac89efd0..6debe5b253 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_cloud.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_cloud.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class CloudHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
   def do_POST(self): return self._do("POST")
 
 def cloud_server(port:int):
-  CloudHandler.device = getenv("CLOUDDEV", "METAL") if Device.DEFAULT == "CLOUD" else Device.DEFAULT
+  CloudHandler.device = getenv("CLOUDDEV", next(Device.get_available_devices()) if Device.DEFAULT == "CLOUD" else Device.DEFAULT)
   print(f"start cloud server on {port} with device {CloudHandler.device}")
   server = HTTPServer(('', port), CloudHandler)
   server.serve_forever()