diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ec831d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "Launch",
+      "type": "go",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "mode": "auto",
+      "program": "${fileDirname}",
+      "env": {},
+      "args": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d3b4b9..ae771bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ go build
 
 ```ini
 [influxdb]
-hostname=influxdb
-port=8086
+url=http://influxdb:8086/
 username=influxdb
 password=password
 database=database
diff --git a/functions.go b/functions.go
index cee7429..ad37a82 100644
--- a/functions.go
+++ b/functions.go
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ func GetConfig(weatherconfig *WeatherConfig, configfile string) error {
 	}
 
 	influxdbSection := config.Section("influxdb")
-	wc.InfluxHost = influxdbSection.Key("hostname").MustString("localhost")
-	wc.InfluxPort = influxdbSection.Key("port").MustInt(8086)
+	wc.InfluxURL = influxdbSection.Key("url").MustString("http://localhost:8086")
 	wc.InfluxUser = influxdbSection.Key("username").MustString("username")
 	wc.InfluxPass = influxdbSection.Key("password").MustString("password")
 	wc.InfluxDB = influxdbSection.Key("database").MustString("me")
@@ -86,9 +85,8 @@ func FetchData(wc *WeatherConfig, city string) (Data, error) {
 // SendToInflux sends time series data to influxdb
 func SendToInflux(wc *WeatherConfig, d Data) error {
 
-	wc.InfluxAddr = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", wc.InfluxHost, wc.InfluxPort)
 	httpClient, err := client.NewHTTPClient(client.HTTPConfig{
-		Addr:     wc.InfluxAddr,
+		Addr:     wc.InfluxURL,
 		Username: wc.InfluxUser,
 		Password: wc.InfluxPass,
 	})
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index f431ee6..c4ed14a 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ type WeatherConfig struct {
 	WeatherAppID        string
 	WeatherCities       []string
 	WeatherMeasurements []string
-	InfluxHost          string
-	InfluxPort          int
+	InfluxURL           string
 	InfluxAddr          string
 	InfluxUser          string
 	InfluxPass          string
diff --git a/weather.ini.sample b/weather.ini.sample
index c6352bc..8aa96d1 100644
--- a/weather.ini.sample
+++ b/weather.ini.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [influxdb]
-hostname=influxdb
-port=8086
+url=http://influxdb:8086/
 username=influxdb
 password=password
 database=database