--- a/net/http.lua	Sat Aug 20 16:51:47 2011 -0400
+++ b/net/http.lua	Mon Aug 22 12:57:52 2011 -0400
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 	req.method, req.headers, req.body = method, headers, body;
 	
 	local using_https = req.scheme == "https";
-	local port = req.port or (using_https and 443 or 80);
+	local port = tonumber(req.port) or (using_https and 443 or 80);
 	
 	-- Connect the socket, and wrap it with net.server
 	local conn = socket.tcp();