diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index ddbf1736..b0ed24dc 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [serverConfig]
 
-    ServerPort = ":8000" #leave format as is it expects a string with colon
+    ServerPort = "8000" #leave format as is it expects a string with colon
     ServerAddr = "192.168.1.8" #Put in the IP address you want to bind to
     LogLevel = "Debug" # Options = Debug, Info, Warn, Error, Fatal, Panic
     LogOutput = "file" #Options = file, stdout #file will print it to logs/server.log
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 947a3dd8..f8da71cc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	Engine.CheckTorrentWatchFolder(cronEngine, db, tclient, torrentLocalStorage, Config, torrentQueues) //Every 5 minutes the engine will check the specified folder for new .torrent files
 	Engine.RefreshRSSCron(cronEngine, db, tclient, torrentLocalStorage, Config, torrentQueues)          // Refresing the RSS feeds on an hourly basis to add torrents that show up in the RSS feed
-	Engine.CheckTorrentsCron(cronEngine, db, tclient, Config)
+	Engine.CheckTorrentsCron(cronEngine, db, tclient, Config)                                           //Every 30 seconds all torrents are checked to see if queue changes need to be made or they need to be stopped due to ratio
 
 	router := mux.NewRouter()         //setting up the handler for the web backend
 	router.HandleFunc("/", serveHome) //Serving the main page for our SPA
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
index f5a030dc..02944dc1 100644
--- a/settings/settings.go
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 //Logger is the injected variable for global logger
 var Logger *logrus.Logger
 
+//ClientConnectSettings contains all the settings for connecting and authenticating to the server
 type ClientConnectSettings struct {
 	HTTPAddr            string
 	HTTPAddrIP          string
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ func FullClientSettingsNew() FullClientSettings {
 	}
 	//HTTP, proxy
 	httpAddrIP := viper.GetString("serverConfig.ServerAddr")
-	httpAddrPort := viper.GetString("serverConfig.ServerPort")
+	httpAddrPortRaw := viper.GetString("serverConfig.ServerPort")
+	httpAddrPort := ":" + httpAddrPortRaw //adding the separator required for running the webui
 	httpAddr = httpAddrIP + httpAddrPort
 	proxySet := viper.GetBool("reverseProxy.ProxyEnabled")
 	websocketClientPort = strings.TrimLeft(viper.GetString("serverConfig.ServerPort"), ":") //Trimming off the colon in front of the port
@@ -215,7 +217,8 @@ func FullClientSettingsNew() FullClientSettings {
 	//	fmt.Println("Reading in custom DHT config")
 	//	dhtServerConfig = dhtServerSettings(dhtServerConfig)
 	//}
-	httpAddrPortInt64, err := strconv.ParseInt(httpAddrPort, 10, 0)
+	strippedHTTPPort := strings.TrimPrefix(httpAddrPort, ":")
+	httpAddrPortInt64, err := strconv.ParseInt(strippedHTTPPort, 10, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Failed creating 64-bit integer for goTorrent Port!", err)
 	}