diff --git a/media/js/newsblur/models/users.js b/media/js/newsblur/models/users.js
index ceaae9e3f..ce0664928 100644
--- a/media/js/newsblur/models/users.js
+++ b/media/js/newsblur/models/users.js
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ NEWSBLUR.Models.User = Backbone.Model.extend({
     },
     
     blurblog_url: function() {
-        return 'http://' + Inflector.sluggify(this.get('username')) + window.location.host.replace('www.', '');
+        return [
+            'http://',
+            Inflector.sluggify(this.get('username')),
+            '.',
+            window.location.host.replace('www.', '')
+        ].join('');
     }
     
 });
diff --git a/media/js/newsblur/views/profile_badge_view.js b/media/js/newsblur/views/profile_badge_view.js
index d61dc4fe1..8187d8302 100644
--- a/media/js/newsblur/views/profile_badge_view.js
+++ b/media/js/newsblur/views/profile_badge_view.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.SocialProfileBadge = Backbone.View.extend({
                         'shared ',
                         Inflector.pluralize('story', profile.get('shared_stories_count')),
                         ' · ',
-                        $.make('a', { href: profile.blurblog_url(), target: "_blank", className: "NB-profile-badge-blurblog-link NB-splash-link" }, profile.blurblog_url())
+                        $.make('a', { href: profile.blurblog_url(), target: "_blank", className: "NB-profile-badge-blurblog-link NB-splash-link" }, profile.blurblog_url().replace('http://', ''))
                     ]))
                 ])
             ])