diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 51e1f3b1..dba98719 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This configuration was generated by
 # `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
-# on 2021-10-31 19:10:34 UTC using RuboCop version 1.22.3.
+# on 2021-10-31 21:29:49 UTC using RuboCop version 1.22.3.
 # The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ Layout/EmptyLineBetweenDefs:
     - 'test/integration/consumer_test.rb'
     - 'test/units/test_net_http_client.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 20
+# Offense count: 17
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 Layout/EmptyLines:
   Exclude:
     - 'lib/oauth/cli/authorize_command.rb'
-    - 'lib/oauth/consumer.rb'
     - 'test/cases/oauth_case.rb'
     - 'test/cases/spec/1_0-final/test_construct_request_url.rb'
     - 'test/cases/spec/1_0-final/test_normalize_request_parameters.rb'
@@ -404,7 +403,7 @@ Layout/SpaceInsideBlockBraces:
     - 'test/support/minitest_helpers.rb'
     - 'test/units/test_consumer.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 450
+# Offense count: 452
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 # Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, EnforcedStyleForEmptyBraces.
 # SupportedStyles: space, no_space, compact
@@ -565,14 +564,14 @@ Metrics/AbcSize:
 # Offense count: 9
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, CountAsOne.
 Metrics/ClassLength:
-  Max: 277
+  Max: 282
 
 # Offense count: 7
 # Configuration parameters: IgnoredMethods.
 Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity:
   Max: 18
 
-# Offense count: 64
+# Offense count: 65
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, CountAsOne, ExcludedMethods, IgnoredMethods.
 Metrics/MethodLength:
   Max: 45
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ Metrics/ParameterLists:
 # Offense count: 7
 # Configuration parameters: IgnoredMethods.
 Metrics/PerceivedComplexity:
-  Max: 17
+  Max: 18
 
 # Offense count: 16
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
@@ -833,7 +832,7 @@ Style/CommentAnnotation:
     - 'lib/oauth/tokens/request_token.rb'
     - 'test/units/test_action_controller_request_proxy.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 7
+# Offense count: 6
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 # Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SingleLineConditionsOnly, IncludeTernaryExpressions.
 # SupportedStyles: assign_to_condition, assign_inside_condition
@@ -916,7 +915,7 @@ Style/HashConversion:
   Exclude:
     - 'lib/oauth/tokens/request_token.rb'
 
-# Offense count: 491
+# Offense count: 495
 # Cop supports --auto-correct.
 # Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, UseHashRocketsWithSymbolValues, PreferHashRocketsForNonAlnumEndingSymbols.
 # SupportedStyles: ruby19, hash_rockets, no_mixed_keys, ruby19_no_mixed_keys
diff --git a/lib/oauth/consumer.rb b/lib/oauth/consumer.rb
index a840f94c..0e578a52 100644
--- a/lib/oauth/consumer.rb
+++ b/lib/oauth/consumer.rb
@@ -343,18 +343,22 @@ def proxy
     # Instantiates the http object
     def create_http(_url = nil)
 
-
       if !request_endpoint.nil?
        _url = request_endpoint
       end
 
-
-      if _url.nil? || _url[0] =~ /^\//
-        our_uri = URI.parse(site)
-      else
-        our_uri = URI.parse(_url)
-      end
-
+      our_uri = if _url.nil? || _url[0] =~ /^\//
+                  URI.parse(site)
+                else
+                  your_uri = URI.parse(_url)
+                  if your_uri.host.nil?
+                    # If the _url is a path, missing the leading slash, then it won't have a host,
+                    # and our_uri *must* have a host, so we parse site instead.
+                    URI.parse(site)
+                  else
+                    your_uri
+                  end
+                end
 
       if proxy.nil?
         http_object = Net::HTTP.new(our_uri.host, our_uri.port)