diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index edb80a5db..beb4f1f6c 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ class User < Person
   def mine?(post)
     self == post.person
   end
+
+  def terse_url
+    terse= self.url.gsub(/https?:\/\//, '')
+    terse.gsub!(/www\./, '')
+    terse = terse.chop! if terse[-1, 1] == '/'
+    terse
+  end
  
   def do_bad_things
     self.password_confirmation = self.password
diff --git a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
index 33112533c..53d8aeba4 100644
--- a/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
+++ b/app/views/publics/host_meta.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?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>washington.joindiaspora.com</hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= @user.terse_url %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd' 
         template='<%=@user.url%>webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 8c0f1cf7b..854cde20b 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -41,4 +41,10 @@ describe User do
     @user.send_friend_request_to( @friend.url ).should be nil
   end
 
+
+  it 'should be able to give me the terse url for webfinger' do
+    user = Factory.create(:user)
+    user.terse_url.should == 'example.com'
+  end
+
 end