diff --git a/PodcastGenerator/core/pinger.php b/PodcastGenerator/core/pinger.php
index 4c5bb204..8ab41873 100644
--- a/PodcastGenerator/core/pinger.php
+++ b/PodcastGenerator/core/pinger.php
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ function pingWebSub()
         CURLOPT_POST => true,
         CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $data,
         CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
-        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
+        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
     );
     try {
-        $handle = curl_init();
+        $handle = curl_init($config['websub_server']);
         curl_setopt_array($handle, $opts);
         $result = curl_exec($handle);
     }