diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission.py
index 409efaa0..d6112a91 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Transmission(DownloaderBase):
 
     def connect(self):
         # Load host from config and split out port.
-        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = False).split(':')
+        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host')).rstrip('/').rsplit(':', 1)
         if not isInt(host[1]):
             log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, port is missing.')
             return False
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ class Transmission(DownloaderBase):
 class TransmissionRPC(object):
 
     """TransmissionRPC lite library"""
-    def __init__(self, host = 'localhost', port = 9091, rpc_url = 'transmission', username = None, password = None):
+    def __init__(self, host = 'http://localhost', port = 9091, rpc_url = 'transmission', username = None, password = None):
 
         super(TransmissionRPC, self).__init__()
 
-        self.url = 'http://' + host + ':' + str(port) + '/' + rpc_url + '/rpc'
+        self.url = host + ':' + str(port) + '/' + rpc_url + '/rpc'
         self.tag = 0
         self.session_id = 0
         self.session = {}
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ config = [{
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'host',
-                    'default': 'localhost:9091',
-                    'description': 'Hostname with port. Usually <strong>localhost:9091</strong>',
+                    'default': 'http://localhost:9091',
+                    'description': 'Hostname with port. Usually <strong>http://localhost:9091</strong>',
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'rpc_url',