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/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 3eaebd8d2..ad3991959 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class Person
     self.id == post.person.id
   end
 
-  def recieve_url
-    "#{self.url}user/#{self.owner.id}"
+  def receive_url
+    "#{self.url}receive/users/#{self.id}/"
   end
 
   protected
diff --git a/app/models/request.rb b/app/models/request.rb
index d55d1efb8..31dcd162e 100644
--- a/app/models/request.rb
+++ b/app/models/request.rb
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class Request
 
   before_validation :clean_link
 
-  scope :for_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url => user.url) }
-  scope :from_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url.ne => user.url) }
+  scope :for_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url => user.receive_url) }
+  scope :from_user, lambda{ |user| where(:destination_url.ne => user.receive_url) }
 
   def self.instantiate(options = {})
     person = options[:from]
-    self.new(:destination_url => options[:to], :callback_url => person.url, :person => person, :exported_key => person.export_key)
+    self.new(:destination_url => options[:to], :callback_url => person.receive_url, :person => person, :exported_key => person.export_key)
   end
   
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index fc04f2dc6..4b1e2a11e 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class User
     self.save
 
     if bad_friend 
-      Retraction.for(self).push_to_url(bad_friend.url) 
+      Retraction.for(self).push_to_url(bad_friend.receive_url) 
       bad_friend.update_attributes(:user_refs => bad_friend.user_refs - 1)
       bad_friend.destroy if bad_friend.user_refs == 0
     end
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>
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/webhooks.rb b/lib/diaspora/webhooks.rb
index 26cddc01a..ba78ed81a 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/webhooks.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/webhooks.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module Diaspora
         end
 
         def push_to_url(url)
-          hook_url = url + "receive/"
+          hook_url = url 
           xml = self.class.build_xml_for(self)
           Rails.logger.debug("Adding xml for #{self} to message queue to #{url}")
           @@queue.add_post_request( hook_url, xml )