diff --git a/HTTPProxy.cpp b/HTTPProxy.cpp
index ec3dcffa..c1ebc4e8 100644
--- a/HTTPProxy.cpp
+++ b/HTTPProxy.cpp
@@ -223,14 +223,13 @@ namespace proxy {
 			u.parse(t);
 			dest_host = u.host;
 			dest_port = u.port;
-			if (dest_port == 0)
-				dest_port = 80; /* always set port for CreateStream() */
 		} else {
 			/* relative url and missing 'Host' header */
 			std::string message = "Can't detect destination host from request";
 			HTTPRequestFailed(message.c_str());
 			return true;
 		}
+		if (!dest_port) dest_port = 80; /* always set port for CreateStream() */ //TODO: 443 for https
 		/* make relative url */
 		url.schema = "";
 		url.host   = "";