diff --git a/app/Client/Client.php b/app/Client/Client.php
index f0c6616..abc06ad 100644
--- a/app/Client/Client.php
+++ b/app/Client/Client.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace App\Client;
 use App\Client\Connections\ControlConnection;
 use App\Logger\CliRequestLogger;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Ratchet\Client\WebSocket;
 use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
 use React\Promise\Deferred;
@@ -38,11 +40,28 @@ class Client
     {
         $this->logger->info("Sharing http://{$sharedUrl}");
 
+        $sharedUrl = $this->prepareSharedUrl($sharedUrl);
+
         foreach ($subdomains as $subdomain) {
             $this->connectToServer($sharedUrl, $subdomain, config('expose.auth_token'));
         }
     }
 
+    protected function prepareSharedUrl(string $sharedUrl): string
+    {
+        if (! $parsedUrl = parse_url($sharedUrl)) {
+            return $sharedUrl;
+        }
+
+        $url = Arr::get($parsedUrl, 'host', Arr::get($parsedUrl, 'path'));
+
+        if (Arr::get($parsedUrl, 'scheme') === 'https') {
+            $url .= ':443';
+        }
+
+        return $url;
+    }
+
     public function connectToServer(string $sharedUrl, $subdomain, $authToken = ''): PromiseInterface
     {
         $deferred = new \React\Promise\Deferred();
diff --git a/config/expose.php b/config/expose.php
index 3dc7867..dd59497 100644
--- a/config/expose.php
+++ b/config/expose.php
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ return [
         'user_repository' => \App\Server\UserRepository\DatabaseUserRepository::class,
 
         'messages' => [
+            'message_of_the_day' => 'Thank you for using expose.',
+
             'invalid_auth_token' => 'Authentication failed. Please check your authentication token and try again.',
 
             'subdomain_taken' => 'The chosen subdomain :subdomain is already taken. Please choose a different subdomain.',