diff --git a/src/core/utils/net.spec.ts b/src/core/utils/net.spec.ts
index dfcdaa30..340e51f0 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/net.spec.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/net.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jest.mock("../constants", () => {});
 import { logger } from "./logger";
-import { address, hostnameToIpAdress, parsePort, response } from "./net";
+import { address, hostnameToIpAdress, parsePort, parseUrl, response } from "./net";
 
 describe("net utilities", () => {
   describe("response()", () => {
@@ -298,4 +298,16 @@ describe("net utilities", () => {
       expect(hostnameToIpAdress("foo.bar")).toBe("foo.bar");
     });
   });
+
+  describe("parseUrl()", () => {
+    it("should specify port 443 for https URLs", () => {
+      expect(parseUrl("https://foo.com")).toMatchObject({ port: 443 });
+    });
+    it("should specify port 80 for http URLs", () => {
+      expect(parseUrl("http://foo.com")).toMatchObject({ port: 80 });
+    });
+    it("should parse the port given in the URL", () => {
+      expect(parseUrl("https://foo.com:9999")).toMatchObject({ port: 9999 });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/utils/net.ts b/src/core/utils/net.ts
index cc73ea07..721cb6f1 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/net.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/net.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,18 @@ export function parseUrl(url: string | undefined) {
     throw new Error(`Address: ${url} is malformed!`);
   }
 
-  const { protocol, port, host, hostname } = new URL(url);
+  let { protocol, port, host, hostname } = new URL(url);
+  if (port === "") {
+    switch (protocol) {
+      case "http:":
+        port = "80";
+        break;
+      case "https:":
+        port = "443";
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     protocol,
     port: Number(port),