Use authority instead of host in order to get the port as well.

app/models/app_config.rb

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ HELP
   def self.pod_uri
     if @@pod_uri.nil?
       begin
-        @@pod_uri = URI.parse(self.pod_url)
+        @@pod_uri = Addressable::URI.parse(self.pod_url)
       rescue
         puts "WARNING: pod url " + self.pod_url + " is not a legal URI"
       end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
 
     self.person = Person.new(opts[:person])
-    self.person.diaspora_handle = "#{opts[:username]}@#{AppConfig[:pod_uri].host}"
+    self.person.diaspora_handle = "#{opts[:username]}@#{AppConfig[:pod_uri].authority}"
     self.person.url = AppConfig[:pod_url]
 
 

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><%= AppConfig[:pod_uri].host %></hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= AppConfig[:pod_uri].authority %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd'
         template='<%= AppConfig[:pod_url].chomp("/") %>/webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>

app/views/publics/host_meta.html.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><%= AppConfig[:pod_uri].host %></hm:Host>
+     <hm:Host><%= AppConfig[:pod_uri].authority %></hm:Host>
   <Link rel='lrdd'
         template='<%= AppConfig[:pod_url] %>webfinger?q={uri}'>
     <Title>Resource Descriptor</Title>

config/initializers/mailer_config.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 Diaspora::Application.configure do
-  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = {:host => AppConfig[:pod_uri].host}
+  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = {:host => AppConfig[:pod_uri].authority }
   unless Rails.env == 'test' || AppConfig[:mailer_on] != true
     if AppConfig[:mailer_method] == "sendmail"
       config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :sendmail

spec/support/server.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Server
   attr_reader :port, :env
   def initialize(env)
     @db_config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[env]
-    @app_config = (YAML.load_file AppConfig.source)[env] 
+    @app_config = (YAML.load_file AppConfig.source)[env]
     @port = URI::parse(@app_config["pod_url"]).port
     @env = env
     ensure_database_setup
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Server
   def ensure_database_setup
     `cd #{Rails.root} && RAILS_ENV=#{@env} bundle exec rake db:create`
     tables_exist = self.db do
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.include?("users") 
+      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.tables.include?("users")
     end
     if tables_exist
       truncate_database
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Server
       processes.first.split(" ").first
     }.call
   end
-  
+
   def running?
     begin
       RestClient.get("localhost:#{@port}/users/sign_in")
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Server
   def in_scope
     pod_url = "http://localhost:#{@port}/"
     AppConfig.stub!(:pod_url).and_return(pod_url)
-    AppConfig.stub!(:pod_uri).and_return(URI.parse(pod_url))
+    AppConfig.stub!(:pod_uri).and_return(Addressable::URI.parse(pod_url))
     begin
       result = db do
          yield