diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/__init__.py
index a2b20243..6714aba9 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/__init__.py
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ config = [{
                 },
                 {
                     'name': 'host',
-                    'default': 'localhost',
-                },
-                {
-                    'name': 'password',
-                    'type': 'password',
+                    'default': 'localhost:32400',
+                    'description': 'Default should be on localhost:32400',
                 },
             ],
         }
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/main.py
index c73e985e..ad842315 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/plex/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 from xml.dom import minidom
+import traceback
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
 
@@ -11,22 +13,26 @@ class Plex(Notification):
         if self.isDisabled(): return
 
         log.info('Sending notification to Plex')
-        hosts = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('host').split(",")]
+        hosts = [cleanHost(x.strip()) for x in self.conf('host').split(",")]
 
         for host in hosts:
 
             source_type = ['movie']
-            base_url = 'http://%s/library/sections' % host
+            base_url = '%slibrary/sections' % host
             refresh_url = '%s/%%s/refresh' % base_url
 
             try:
-                xml_sections = minidom.parse(self.urlopen(base_url))
+                sections_xml = self.urlopen(base_url)
+                xml_sections = minidom.parseString(sections_xml)
                 sections = xml_sections.getElementsByTagName('Directory')
+
                 for s in sections:
                     if s.getAttribute('type') in source_type:
                         url = refresh_url % s.getAttribute('key')
                         x = self.urlopen(url)
+
             except:
-                log.error('Plex library update failed for %s.' % host)
+                log.error('Plex library update failed for %s: %s' % (host, traceback.format_exc()))
+                return False
 
         return True