diff --git a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
index 26359d70e..814645c1e 100644
--- a/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
+++ b/app/models/jobs/http_multi.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require 'uri'
+
 module Job
   class HttpMulti < Base
     @queue = :http
@@ -24,7 +30,11 @@ module Job
         request.on_complete do |response|
           if response.code >= 300 && response.code < 400
             if response.headers_hash['Location'] == response.request.url.sub('http://', 'https://')
-              person.url = response.headers_hash['Location']
+              location = URI.parse(response.headers_hash['Location'])
+              newuri = "#{location.scheme}://#{location.host}"
+              newuri += ":#{location.port}" unless ["80", "443"].include?(location.port.to_s)
+              newuri += "/"
+              person.url = newuri
               person.save
             end
           end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 510361a59..3be94302a 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
+require 'uri'
 require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib/hcard')
 
 class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -93,13 +94,25 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   def owns?(post)
     self == post.person
   end
+  
+  def url
+    begin
+      uri = URI.parse(@attributes['url'])
+      url = "#{uri.scheme}://#{uri.host}"
+      url += ":#{uri.port}" unless ["80", "443"].include?(uri.port.to_s)
+      url += "/"
+    rescue Exception => e
+      url = @attributes['url']
+    end
+    url
+  end
 
   def receive_url
-    "#{self.url}receive/users/#{self.guid}/"
+    "#{url}receive/users/#{self.guid}/"
   end
 
   def public_url
-    "#{self.url}public/#{self.owner.username}"
+    "#{url}public/#{self.owner.username}"
   end
 
   def public_key_hash
diff --git a/config/locale_settings.yml b/config/locale_settings.yml
index 63af26001..2bc3842c3 100644
--- a/config/locale_settings.yml
+++ b/config/locale_settings.yml
@@ -34,22 +34,11 @@ available:
   tr: 'Türk'
   zh: '中文'
 fallbacks:
-  en-GB:
-    - :en
-  en-US:
-    - :en
-  en_shaw:
-    - :en
-    - :en-GB
-    - :en-US
-  sv:
-    - :sv-SE
-  he:
-    - :he-IL
-  es-CL:
-    - :es
-  gl:
-    - :gl-ES
-  zh:
-    - :zh-CN
-    - :zh-TW
+  en-GB: [:en]
+  en-US: [:en]
+  en_shaw: [:en, :en-GB, :en-US]
+  sv: [:sv-SE]
+  he: [:he-IL]
+  es-CL: [:es]
+  gl: [:gl-ES]
+  zh: [:zh-CN, :zh-TW]
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
index 509c9a800..be04806be 100644
--- a/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/http_multi_spec.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ describe Job::HttpMulti do
 
     Job::HttpMulti.perform(bob.id, @post_xml, [person.id])
     person.reload
-    person.url.should =~ /https:\/\/remote.net\//
+    person.url.should == "https://remote.net/"
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 319c5eb72..67c53dc35 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,21 @@ describe Person do
   end
 
   describe "vaild url" do
-      it 'should allow for https urls' do
+    it 'should allow for https urls' do
       person = Factory.create(:person, :url => "https://example.com")
       person.should be_valid
-      end
     end
+    
+    it 'should always return the correct receive url' do
+      person = Factory.create(:person, :url => "https://example.com/a/bit/messed/up")
+      person.receive_url.should == "https://example.com/receive/users/#{person.guid}/"
+    end
+    
+    it 'should allow ports in the url' do
+      person = Factory.create(:person, :url => "https://example.com:3000/")
+      person.url.should == "https://example.com:3000/"
+    end
+  end
 
 
   describe '#diaspora_handle' do