diff --git a/src/Common.cpp b/src/Common.cpp
index 15a85a1e..5d6f682f 100644
--- a/src/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/Common.cpp
@@ -57,12 +57,17 @@ bool isLocalSocket(const char* host) {
 }
 
 void verifyPort(const char* input, ServerSpec* res, bool* valid_port) {
+  /*
   if (*valid_port && input > res->port) {
     res->port[-1] = '\0';
   } else if (res->alias == NULL) {
     res->port = NULL;
   }
   *valid_port = false;
+  */
+  if (res->port != NULL) {
+    res->port[-1] = '\0';
+  }
 }
 
 // modifies input string and output pointers reference input
diff --git a/tests/test_unix.cpp b/tests/test_unix.cpp
index 0c9979fc..bfc28342 100644
--- a/tests/test_unix.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_unix.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ TEST(test_unix, host_parse_regression) {
   ASSERT_STREQ(out.alias, "testing");
 }
 
+TEST(test_unix, host_parse_regression_tripped) {
+  char test[] = "127.0.0.1:21211 127.0.0.1:21211";
+  ServerSpec out = splitServerString(test);
+  ASSERT_STREQ(out.host, "127.0.0.1");
+  ASSERT_STREQ(out.port, "21211");
+  ASSERT_STREQ(out.alias, "127.0.0.1:21211");
+}
+
+TEST(test_unix, tmpname) {
+  char test[] = "127.0.0.1:invalid_port";
+  ServerSpec out = splitServerString(test);
+  ASSERT_STREQ(out.host, "127.0.0.1");
+  ASSERT_STREQ(out.port, "invalid_port");
+  ASSERT_EQ(out.alias, nullptr);
+}
+
 TEST(test_unix, socket_path_spaces) {
   char test[] = "/tmp/spacey\\ path testing";
   ServerSpec out = splitServerString(test);