diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/deluge/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/deluge/main.py
index 7ca24292..4cd90c43 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/deluge/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/deluge/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from base64 import b64encode, b16encode, b32decode
 from bencode import bencode as benc, bdecode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import isInt, sp
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryFloat
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryFloat, cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from datetime import timedelta
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Deluge(Downloader):
 
     def connect(self):
         # Load host from config and split out port.
-        host = self.conf('host').split(':')
+        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = False).split(':')
         if not isInt(host[1]):
             log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, port is missing.')
             return False
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
index 2dc6cfcb..a05fb118 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbget/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from base64 import standard_b64encode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import ss, sp
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, md5
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, md5, cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from datetime import timedelta
 import re
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
 
     protocol = ['nzb']
 
-    url = '%(protocol)s://%(username)s:%(password)s@%(host)s/xmlrpc'
+    rpc = 'xmlrpc'
 
     def download(self, data = None, media = None, filedata = None):
         if not media: media = {}
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
 
         log.info('Sending "%s" to NZBGet.', data.get('name'))
 
-        url = self.url % {'protocol': 'https' if self.conf('ssl') else 'http', 'host': self.conf('host'), 'username': self.conf('username'), 'password': self.conf('password')}
         nzb_name = ss('%s.nzb' % self.createNzbName(data, media))
 
+        url = cleanHost(host = self.conf('host'), ssl = self.conf('ssl'), username = self.conf('username'), password = self.conf('password')) + self.rpc
         rpc = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url)
+
         try:
             if rpc.writelog('INFO', 'CouchPotato connected to drop off %s.' % nzb_name):
                 log.debug('Successfully connected to NZBGet')
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
 
         log.debug('Checking NZBGet download status.')
 
-        url = self.url % {'protocol': 'https' if self.conf('ssl') else 'http', 'host': self.conf('host'), 'username': self.conf('username'), 'password': self.conf('password')}
-
+        url = cleanHost(host = self.conf('host'), ssl = self.conf('ssl'), username = self.conf('username'), password = self.conf('password')) + self.rpc
         rpc = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url)
+
         try:
             if rpc.writelog('INFO', 'CouchPotato connected to check status'):
                 log.debug('Successfully connected to NZBGet')
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ class NZBGet(Downloader):
 
         log.info('%s failed downloading, deleting...', release_download['name'])
 
-        url = self.url % {'host': self.conf('host'), 'username': self.conf('username'), 'password': self.conf('password')}
-
+        url = cleanHost(host = self.conf('host'), ssl = self.conf('ssl'), username = self.conf('username'), password = self.conf('password')) + self.rpc
         rpc = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url)
+
         try:
             if rpc.writelog('INFO', 'CouchPotato connected to delete some history'):
                 log.debug('Successfully connected to NZBGet')
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/__init__.py
index 3b95698e..3087d75b 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@ config = [{
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'host',
-                    'default': 'https://localhost:4321',
+                    'default': 'localhost:4321',
+                    'description': 'Hostname with port. Usually <strong>localhost:4321</strong>',
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'ssl',
+                    'default': 1,
+                    'type': 'bool',
+                    'advanced': True,
+                    'description': 'Use HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure, or <strong>https</strong>',
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'api_key',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/main.py
index 02256576..d2615bfd 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/nzbvortex/main.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class NZBVortex(Downloader):
 
         params = tryUrlencode(parameters)
 
-        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host')) + 'api/' + call
+        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), ssl = self.conf('ssl')) + 'api/' + call
 
         try:
             data = self.urlopen('%s?%s' % (url, params), *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
index 684ea45e..dbef6e6f 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
@@ -20,11 +20,32 @@ config = [{
                     'type': 'enabler',
                     'radio_group': 'torrent',
                 },
+# @RuudBurger: How do I migrate this?
+#                {
+#                    'name': 'url',
+#                    'default': 'http://localhost:80/RPC2',
+#                    'description': 'XML-RPC Endpoint URI. Usually <strong>scgi://localhost:5000</strong> '
+#                                   'or <strong>http://localhost:80/RPC2</strong>'
+#                },
                 {
-                    'name': 'url',
-                    'default': 'http://localhost:80/RPC2',
-                    'description': 'XML-RPC Endpoint URI. Usually <strong>scgi://localhost:5000</strong> '
-                                   'or <strong>http://localhost:80/RPC2</strong>'
+                    'name': 'host',
+                    'default': 'localhost:80',
+                    'description': 'Hostname with port or XML-RPC Endpoint URI. Usually <strong>scgi://localhost:5000</strong> '
+                                   'or <strong>localhost:80</strong>'
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'ssl',
+                    'default': 0,
+                    'type': 'bool',
+                    'advanced': True,
+                    'description': 'Use HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure, or <strong>https</strong>',
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'rpc_url',
+                    'type': 'string',
+                    'default': 'RPC2',
+                    'advanced': True,
+                    'description': 'Change if you don\'t run rTorrent RPC at the default url.',
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'username',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
index 926bb415..7dc6abbf 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from base64 import b16encode, b32decode
 from bencode import bencode, bdecode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
+from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import sp
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from datetime import timedelta
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -17,24 +19,30 @@ class rTorrent(Downloader):
     protocol = ['torrent', 'torrent_magnet']
     rt = None
 
+    # Migration url to host options
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(rTorrent, self).__init__()
+        if self.conf('url'):
+            self.conf('ssl', value = (self.conf('url').split('://')[0].strip() == 'https'))
+            self.conf('host', value = self.conf('url').split('://')[-1].split('/')[0].strip())
+            self.conf('rpc_url', value = self.conf('url').split('://')[-1].split('/',1)[1].strip('/ '))
+            self.conf('url', value = '')
+
     def connect(self):
         # Already connected?
         if self.rt is not None:
             return self.rt
 
-        # Ensure url is set
-        if not self.conf('url'):
-            log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, url is missing.')
-            return False
+        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = True, ssl = self.conf('ssl')) + '/' + self.conf('rpc_url').strip('/ ') + '/'
 
         if self.conf('username') and self.conf('password'):
             self.rt = RTorrent(
-                self.conf('url'),
+                url,
                 self.conf('username'),
                 self.conf('password')
             )
         else:
-            self.rt = RTorrent(self.conf('url'))
+            self.rt = RTorrent(url)
 
         return self.rt
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/__init__.py
index 48692dae..1edbbebf 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ config = [{
                     'name': 'host',
                     'default': 'localhost:8080',
                 },
+                {
+                    'name': 'ssl',
+                    'default': 0,
+                    'type': 'bool',
+                    'advanced': True,
+                    'description': 'Use HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure, or <strong>https</strong>',
+                },
                 {
                     'name': 'api_key',
                     'label': 'Api Key',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
index 0519cf62..1d9073ff 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Sabnzbd(Downloader):
 
     def call(self, request_params, use_json = True, **kwargs):
 
-        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host')) + 'api?' + tryUrlencode(mergeDicts(request_params, {
+        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), ssl = self.conf('ssl')) + 'api?' + tryUrlencode(mergeDicts(request_params, {
            'apikey': self.conf('api_key'),
            'output': 'json'
         }))
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/synology/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/synology/main.py
index 74bc449e..7299fa81 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/synology/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/synology/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import isInt
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 import json
 import requests
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class Synology(Downloader):
         log.error('Sending "%s" (%s) to Synology.', (data['name'], data['protocol']))
 
         # Load host from config and split out port.
-        host = self.conf('host').split(':')
+        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = False).split(':')
         if not isInt(host[1]):
             log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, port is missing.')
             return False
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission/main.py
index 620b0d60..d41337f0 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/transmission/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from base64 import b64encode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import isInt, sp
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat, cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from datetime import timedelta
 import httplib
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ class Transmission(Downloader):
 
     def connect(self):
         # Load host from config and split out port.
-        host = self.conf('host').split(':')
+        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = False).split(':')
         if not isInt(host[1]):
             log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, port is missing.')
             return False
 
         if not self.trpc:
-            self.trpc = TransmissionRPC(host[0], port = host[1], rpc_url = self.conf('rpc_url'), username = self.conf('username'), password = self.conf('password'))
+            self.trpc = TransmissionRPC(host[0], port = host[1], rpc_url = self.conf('rpc_url').strip('/ '), username = self.conf('username'), password = self.conf('password'))
 
         return self.trpc
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/utorrent/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/utorrent/main.py
index 77cf2f96..89f75ccf 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/utorrent/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/utorrent/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from base64 import b16encode, b32decode
 from bencode import bencode as benc, bdecode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import isInt, ss, sp
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat, cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from datetime import timedelta
 from hashlib import sha1
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class uTorrent(Downloader):
 
     def connect(self):
         # Load host from config and split out port.
-        host = self.conf('host').split(':')
+        host = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = False).split(':')
         if not isInt(host[1]):
             log.error('Config properties are not filled in correctly, port is missing.')
             return False
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 7146f954..0cfaa571 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -118,12 +118,22 @@ def isLocalIP(ip):
 def getExt(filename):
     return os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]
 
-def cleanHost(host):
-    if not host.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
-        host = 'http://' + host
+def cleanHost(host, protocol = True, ssl = False, username = None, password = None):
 
-    host = host.rstrip('/')
-    host += '/'
+    if not '://' in host and protocol:
+        host = 'https://' if ssl else 'http://' + host
+
+    if not protocol:
+        host = host.split('://', 1)[-1]
+
+    if protocol and username and password:
+        login = '%s:%s@' % (username, password)
+        if not login in host:
+            host.replace('://', '://' + login, 1) 
+
+    host = host.rstrip('/ ')
+    if protocol:
+        host += '/'
 
     return host
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/runner.py b/couchpotato/runner.py
index 610fff8b..36d43564 100644
--- a/couchpotato/runner.py
+++ b/couchpotato/runner.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def runCouchPotato(options, base_path, args, data_dir = None, log_dir = None, En
         logger.addHandler(hdlr)
 
     # To file
-    hdlr2 = handlers.RotatingFileHandler(Env.get('log_path'), 'a', 500000, 10)
+    hdlr2 = handlers.RotatingFileHandler(Env.get('log_path'), 'a', 500000, 10, encoding = Env.get('encoding'))
     hdlr2.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(hdlr2)