diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
index 4a593fd2..f793cad1 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/__init__.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ config = [{
                 {
                     '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>'
+                    'description': 'RPC Communication URI. Usually <strong>scgi://localhost:5000</strong>, '
+                                   '<strong>httprpc://localhost/rutorrent</strong> or <strong>localhost:80</strong>'
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'ssl',
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config = [{
                     'type': 'string',
                     'default': 'RPC2',
                     'advanced': True,
-                    'description': 'Change if you don\'t run rTorrent RPC at the default url.',
+                    'description': 'Change if your RPC mount is at a different path.',
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'username',
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
index 1fbae354..b7b18b86 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/rtorrent/main.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-from base64 import b16encode, b32decode
-from bencode import bencode, bdecode
 from couchpotato.core.downloaders.base import Downloader, ReleaseDownloadList
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent, addEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import sp
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost, splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
+from base64 import b16encode, b32decode
+from bencode import bencode, bdecode
 from datetime import timedelta
 from hashlib import sha1
 from rtorrent import RTorrent
 from rtorrent.err import MethodError
+from urlparse import urlparse
 import os
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -51,7 +52,12 @@ class rTorrent(Downloader):
         if self.rt is not None:
             return self.rt
 
-        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = True, ssl = self.conf('ssl')) + self.conf('rpc_url')
+        url = cleanHost(self.conf('host'), protocol = True, ssl = self.conf('ssl'))
+        parsed = urlparse(url)
+
+        # rpc_url is only used on http/https scgi pass-through
+        if parsed.scheme in ['http', 'https']:
+            url += self.conf('rpc_url')
 
         if self.conf('username') and self.conf('password'):
             self.rt = RTorrent(