diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 768ac48c64..330ffc455c 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ nconf.argv().env();
 
 var fs = require('fs'),
 	os = require('os'),
+	url = require('url'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	semver = require('semver'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ function loadConfig() {
 function start() {
 	loadConfig();
 
+	// nconf defaults, if not set in config
+	if (!nconf.get('upload_path')) nconf.set('upload_path', '/public/uploads');
+	if (!nconf.get('bcrypt_rounds')) nconf.set('bcrypt_rounds', 12);
+
 	if (!cluster.isWorker || process.env.cluster_setup === 'true') {
 		winston.info('Time: %s', (new Date()).toString());
 		winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v%s', pkg.version);
@@ -140,7 +145,10 @@ function start() {
 				if (schema_ok || nconf.get('check-schema') === false) {
 					sockets.init(webserver.server);
 
-					nconf.set('url', nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '') + nconf.get('relative_path'));
+					// Parse out the relative_url and other goodies from the configured URL
+					var urlObject = url.parse(nconf.get('url'));
+					nconf.set('use_port', !!urlObject.port);
+					nconf.set('relative_path', urlObject.pathname);
 
 					async.waterfall([
 						async.apply(plugins.ready),
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index 564f06f703..db6bf09673 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 var async = require('async'),
 	fs = require('fs'),
-	url = require('url'),
 	path = require('path'),
 	prompt = require('prompt'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
@@ -24,19 +23,15 @@ var install = {},
 
 questions.main = [
 	{
-		name: 'base_url',
+		name: 'url',
 		description: 'URL used to access this NodeBB',
-		'default': nconf.get('base_url') ? (nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '')) : 'http://localhost:4567',
+		'default':
+			nconf.get('url') ||
+			(nconf.get('base_url') ? (nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '')) : null) ||	// backwards compatibility (remove for v0.7.0)
+			'http://localhost:4567',
 		pattern: /^http(?:s)?:\/\//,
 		message: 'Base URL must begin with \'http://\' or \'https://\'',
 	},
-	{
-		name: 'port',
-		description: 'Port number of your NodeBB',
-		'default': nconf.get('port') || 4567,
-		pattern: /[0-9]{1,4}|[1-5][0-9]{4}|6[0-4][0-9]{3}|65[0-4][0-9]{2}|655[0-2][0-9]|6553[0-5]/,
-		message: 'Please enter a value betweeen 1 and 65535'
-	},
 	{
 		name: 'secret',
 		description: 'Please enter a NodeBB secret',
@@ -175,6 +170,7 @@ function completeConfigSetup(err, config, next) {
 	if (err) {
 		return next(err);
 	}
+
 	// Add CI object
 	if (install.ciVals) {
 		config.test_database = {};
@@ -185,22 +181,12 @@ function completeConfigSetup(err, config, next) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	config.bcrypt_rounds = 12;
-	config.upload_path = '/public/uploads';
-
-	var urlObject = url.parse(config.base_url),
-		server_conf = config;
-
-	server_conf.base_url = urlObject.protocol + '//' + urlObject.hostname;
-	server_conf.use_port = urlObject.port !== null ? true : false;
-	server_conf.relative_path = (urlObject.pathname && urlObject.pathname.length > 1) ? urlObject.pathname : '';
-
-	install.save(server_conf, function(err) {
+	install.save(config, function(err) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
-		setupDatabase(server_conf, next);
+		setupDatabase(config, next);
 	});
 }
 
@@ -329,7 +315,6 @@ function createAdmin(callback) {
 				return retryPassword(results);
 			}
 
-			nconf.set('bcrypt_rounds', 12);
 			User.create({username: results.username, password: results.password, email: results.email}, function (err, uid) {
 				if (err) {
 					winston.warn(err.message + ' Please try again.');
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index bf8394cc54..503d49d392 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 (function (app) {
 	"use strict";
 
-	var	port = nconf.get('PORT') || nconf.get('port');
+	var	port = nconf.get('port') || nconf.get('PORT') || 4567;
 
 	logger.init(app);
 	emailer.registerApp(app);