--- a/net/http.lua	Tue Jun 23 15:43:57 2020 +0200
+++ b/net/http.lua	Tue Jul 07 13:52:25 2020 +0100
@@ -183,14 +183,15 @@
 
 local function request(self, u, ex, callback)
 	local req = url.parse(u);
-	req.url = u;
-	req.http = self;
 
 	if not (req and req.host) then
 		callback("invalid-url", 0, req);
 		return nil, "invalid-url";
 	end
 
+	req.url = u;
+	req.http = self;
+
 	if not req.path then
 		req.path = "/";
 	end