diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index e10daf0..3e76be8 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -44,26 +44,28 @@
       var sinceToUse = dataTrigger.since ? dataTrigger.since : "now";
       var nanoConnection;
       var dbURL;
-      
-      if (dataTrigger.accounturl.indexOf('cloudant.com') !== -1) {
-        // contruct cloudant URL
-        dbURL = 'https://' + dataTrigger.user + ':' + dataTrigger.pass + '@' + dataTrigger.user + '.cloudant.com';
+      var dbProtocol = 'https'; // unless specified protocol will default to https
+      if (dataTrigger.protocol) {
+        dbProtocol = dataTrigger.protocol;
+      }
+
+      // this needs to be updated since users might not have cloudant.com in there host name
+      if (dataTrigger.host.indexOf('cloudant.com') !== -1) {
+        // construct cloudant URL
+        dbURL = dbProtocol + '://' + dataTrigger.user + ':' + dataTrigger.pass + '@' + dataTrigger.host;
       } else {
         // construct couchDB URL
-        dbURL = dataTrigger.accounturl;
-        if (dataTrigger.protocol) {
-          dbURL = dataTrigger.protocol + '://' + dataTrigger.host;
-        } 
+        dbURL = dbProtocol + '://' + dataTrigger.host;
       }
-      
+
       // add port if specified
       if (dataTrigger.port) {
         dbURL = dbURL + ':' + dataTrigger.port
       }
-          
-      logger.info(tid, 'found trigger accounturl: ', dbURL);
+
+      logger.info(tid, method,'found trigger accounturl: ', dbURL);
       nanoConnection = require('nano')(dbURL);
-      
+
       return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
 
         nanoConnection.auth(dataTrigger.user, dataTrigger.pass, function (err, body, headers) {