diff --git a/app/models/job/http_multi.rb b/app/models/job/http_multi.rb
index 7db68d1fd..5bdeac98a 100644
--- a/app/models/job/http_multi.rb
+++ b/app/models/job/http_multi.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ module Job
             end
           end
           unless response.success?
+            pod = Pod.find_or_create_by_url(response.effective_url)
             log_line = "event=http_multi_fail sender_id=#{user_id} recipient_id=#{person.id} url=#{response.effective_url} response_code='#{response.code}'"
+            Rails.logger.info(log_line)
+            pod.pod_stats.create(:error_message => log_line, :person_id => person.id, :error_code => response.code.to_i)
             failed_request_people << person.id
           end
         end
diff --git a/app/models/pod.rb b/app/models/pod.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd66a5630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/pod.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class Pod < ActiveRecord::Base
+  has_many :pod_stats
+
+  def self.find_or_create_by_url(url)
+    u = URI.parse(url)
+    pod = self.find_or_initialize_by_host(u.host)
+    unless pod.persisted?
+      pod.ssl = (u.scheme == 'https')? true : false
+      pod.save
+    end
+    pod
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/pod_stat.rb b/app/models/pod_stat.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5452d1f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/pod_stat.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class PodStat < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :pod
+  
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110830000140_remove_pod_stats_table.rb b/db/migrate/20110830000140_remove_pod_stats_table.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bc146fa1..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20110830000140_remove_pod_stats_table.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-class RemovePodStatsTable < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  def self.up
-    drop_table :pods
-    drop_table :pod_stats
-  end
-
-  def self.down
-    create_table :pods do |t|
-      t.string :host
-      t.boolean :ssl
-
-      t.timestamps
-    end
-
-    create_table :pod_stats do |t|
-      t.integer :error_code
-      t.integer :person_id
-      t.text :error_message
-      t.integer :pod_id
-
-      t.timestamps
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a81802c01..5f7edde5f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110830000140) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110818212541) do
 
   create_table "aspect_memberships", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "aspect_id",  :null => false
@@ -236,6 +236,22 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110830000140) do
   add_index "people", ["guid"], :name => "index_people_on_guid", :unique => true
   add_index "people", ["owner_id"], :name => "index_people_on_owner_id", :unique => true
 
+  create_table "pod_stats", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "error_code"
+    t.integer  "person_id"
+    t.text     "error_message"
+    t.integer  "pod_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
+  create_table "pods", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string   "host"
+    t.boolean  "ssl"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
   create_table "post_visibilities", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "post_id",                       :null => false
     t.datetime "created_at"
diff --git a/spec/models/pod_spec.rb b/spec/models/pod_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6a5e63b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/pod_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Pod do
+
+  it 'has many pod_stats' do
+    Pod.new.pod_stats.should be_empty
+  end
+  describe '.find_or_create_by_url' do
+    it 'takes a url, and makes one by host' do
+      pod = Pod.find_or_create_by_url('https://joindiaspora.com/maxwell')
+      pod.host.should == 'joindiaspora.com'
+    end
+
+    it 'sets ssl boolean(side-effect)' do
+      pod = Pod.find_or_create_by_url('https://joindiaspora.com/maxwell')
+      pod.ssl.should be_true
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/pod_stat_spec.rb b/spec/models/pod_stat_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15bc5b2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/pod_stat_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe PodStat do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end