diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index 27a083bdf..b35780399 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ module SocketsHelper
     (object.is_a? Post) ? object.id : object.post_id
   end
   
-  def url_options
-    {:host => ""}
-  end
+  #def url_options
+  #  {:host => ""}
+  #end
 
   def action_hash(uid, object)
     begin
diff --git a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
index b657a440f..e28fb6211 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <XRD xmlns='http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0' 
      xmlns:hm='http://host-meta.net/xrd/1.0'>
-     <hm:Host><%= terse_url(root_path) %></hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= terse_url(root_url) %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd' 
-        template='<%= root_path %>webfinger?q={uri}'>
+        template='<%= root_url %>webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>
   </Link>
 </XRD>