diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/SimpleHttp.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/SimpleHttp.kt
index 9a63747905..3227335348 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/SimpleHttp.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/SimpleHttp.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.unciv.logic.multiplayer
 
 import com.badlogic.gdx.Net
+import com.unciv.UncivGame
 import java.io.BufferedReader
 import java.io.DataOutputStream
 import java.io.InputStreamReader
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ object SimpleHttp {
     fun sendRequest(method: String, url: String, content: String, action: (success: Boolean, result: String)->Unit) {
         var uri = URI(url)
         if (uri.host == null) uri = URI("http://$url")
-        if (uri.port == -1) uri = URI(uri.scheme, uri.userInfo, uri.host, 8080, uri.path, uri.query, uri.fragment)
 
         val urlObj: URL
         try {
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ object SimpleHttp {
         
         with(urlObj.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection) {
             requestMethod = method  // default is GET
+            setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Unciv/${UncivGame.Current.version}-GNU-Terry-Pratchett")
 
             try {
                 if (content.isNotEmpty()) {