diff --git a/sickbeard/config.py b/sickbeard/config.py
index d2eb82c3..45ad4dcb 100644
--- a/sickbeard/config.py
+++ b/sickbeard/config.py
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ import cherrypy
 import os.path
 import datetime
 import re
-import time
+import urlparse
 import sickbeard
 
+from sickbeard import encodingKludge as ek
 from sickbeard import helpers
 from sickbeard import logger
 from sickbeard import naming
@@ -274,22 +275,30 @@ def clean_hosts(hosts, default_port=None):
 
 def clean_url(url):
     """
-    Returns an url starting with http:// or https:// and ending with /
+    Returns an cleaned url starting with a scheme and folder with trailing /
     or an empty string
     """
 
-    if url:
+    if url and url.strip():
 
-        if not re.match(r'(https?|scgi)://.*', url):
-            url = 'http://' + url
+        url = url.strip()
 
-        if not url.endswith('/'):
-            url = url + '/'
+        if '://' not in url:
+            url = '//' + url
+
+        scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlparse.urlsplit(url, 'http')
+
+        if not path.endswith('/'):
+            basename, ext = ek.ek(os.path.splitext, ek.ek(os.path.basename, path))  # @UnusedVariable
+            if not ext:
+                path = path + '/'
+
+        cleaned_url = urlparse.urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment))
 
     else:
-        url = ''
+        cleaned_url = ''
 
-    return url
+    return cleaned_url
 
 
 def to_int(val, default=0):
@@ -376,7 +385,7 @@ def check_setting_str(config, cfg_name, item_name, def_val, log=True):
             config[cfg_name][item_name] = helpers.encrypt(my_val, encryption_version)
 
     if log:
-        logger.log(item_name + " -> " + my_val, logger.DEBUG)
+        logger.log(item_name + " -> " + str(my_val), logger.DEBUG)
     else:
         logger.log(item_name + " -> ******", logger.DEBUG)
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
index ccf44e13..b319acad 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
     def __init__(self, name, url, search_mode='eponly', search_fallback=False, backlog_only=False):
         generic.TorrentProvider.__init__(self, name)
         self.cache = TorrentRssCache(self)
-        #self.url = re.sub('\/$', '', url)
+        self.url = re.sub('\/$', '', url)
         self.url = url
         self.enabled = True
         self.supportsBacklog = False