diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
index d7904a6b29..ed43363252 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
         private static Object   SOLock = new Object();
 
         private OpenSimBase m_app;
-        private BaseHttpServer m_httpd;
+        private IHttpServer m_httpd;
         private IConfig m_config;
         private IConfigSource m_configSource;
         private string m_requiredPassword = String.Empty;
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
                     m_config = m_configSource.Configs["RemoteAdmin"];
                     m_log.Info("[RADMIN]: Remote Admin Plugin Enabled");
                     m_requiredPassword = m_config.GetString("access_password", String.Empty);
+                    int port = m_config.GetInt("port", 0);
 
                     m_app = openSim;
-                    m_httpd = openSim.HttpServer;
+                    m_httpd = MainServer.GetHttpServer((uint)port);
 
                     Dictionary<string, XmlRpcMethod> availableMethods = new Dictionary<string, XmlRpcMethod>();
                     availableMethods["admin_create_region"] = XmlRpcCreateRegionMethod;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
index a29ac2887c..d7cb015f6a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Connectors/Friends/FriendsSimConnector.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Connectors.Friends
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[FRIENDS CONNECTOR]: Exception when contacting remote sim: {0}", e.Message);
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[FRIENDS CONNECTOR]: Exception when contacting remote sim: {0}", e.ToString());
             }
 
             return false;
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index 6d5ee1485b..f318a2dd72 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -594,6 +594,10 @@
 
 [RemoteAdmin]
     enabled = false
+
+    ; Set this to a nonzero value to have remote admin use a different port
+    port = 0
+
     access_password = unknown
 
     ; set this variable to true if you want the create_region XmlRpc