http-party
diff --git a/‎lib/caronte/common.js
+4-1 b/‎lib/caronte/common.js
+4-1
diff --git a/‎lib/caronte/streams/forward.js
-88 b/‎lib/caronte/streams/forward.js
-88
diff --git a/‎lib/caronte/streams/proxy.js
-104 b/‎lib/caronte/streams/proxy.js
-104
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ var common = exports;
  */
 
 common.setupOutgoing = function(outgoing, options, req, forward) {
-  ['host', 'hostname', 'port', 'socketPath', 'agent'].forEach(
+  outgoing.port = options[forward || 'target'].port || 
+                  (~['https:', 'wss:'].indexOf(options[forward || 'target'].protocol) ? 443 : 80);
+ 
+  ['host', 'hostname', 'socketPath', 'agent'].forEach(
     function(e) { outgoing[e] = options[forward || 'target'][e]; }
   );