diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index 63d766c..7443b93 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@
 # 2016-06-03 Version 1.0 of code for release (1.00)
 # 2016-06-09 bugfix of issue 44, and add success statement (ignoring quiet flag) (1.01)
 # 2016-06-13 test return status of DNS_ADD_COMMAND and error_exit if a problem (hadleyrich) (1.02)
+# 2016-06-13 bugfix of issue 45, problem with SERVER_TYPE when it's just a port number (1.03)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PROGNAME=${0##*/}
-VERSION="1.02"
+VERSION="1.03"
 
 # defaults
 CODE_LOCATION="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/srvrco/getssl/master/getssl"
@@ -710,7 +711,7 @@ if [[ ${SERVER_TYPE} == "webserver" ]]; then
 elif [[ ${SERVER_TYPE} == "ldaps" ]]; then
   REMOTE_PORT=636
 elif [[ ${SERVER_TYPE} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-  REMOTE_PORT=SERVER_TYPE
+  REMOTE_PORT=${SERVER_TYPE}
 else
   error_exit "unknown server type"
 fi