diff --git a/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h b/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
index 577bfa3d..2ebd4423 100644
--- a/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
+++ b/push/include/prometheus/gateway.h
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ class Gateway {
  public:
   using Labels = std::map<std::string, std::string>;
 
-  Gateway(const std::string& uri, const std::string jobname,
-          const Labels& labels = {}, const std::string username = {},
-          const std::string password = {});
+  Gateway(const std::string host, const std::string port,
+          const std::string jobname, const Labels& labels = {},
+          const std::string username = {}, const std::string password = {});
   ~Gateway();
 
   void RegisterCollectable(const std::weak_ptr<Collectable>& collectable,
diff --git a/push/src/gateway.cc b/push/src/gateway.cc
index 84ffd438..29b20583 100644
--- a/push/src/gateway.cc
+++ b/push/src/gateway.cc
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ namespace prometheus {
 static const char CONTENT_TYPE[] =
     "Content-Type: text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8";
 
-Gateway::Gateway(const std::string& uri, const std::string jobname,
-                 const Labels& labels, const std::string username,
-                 const std::string password) {
+Gateway::Gateway(const std::string host, const std::string port,
+                 const std::string jobname, const Labels& labels,
+                 const std::string username, const std::string password) {
   /* In windows, this will init the winsock stuff */
   curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
 
   std::stringstream jobUriStream;
-  jobUriStream << uri << "/metrics/job/" << jobname;
+  jobUriStream << host << ':' << port << "/metrics/job/" << jobname;
   jobUri_ = jobUriStream.str();
 
   if (!username.empty()) {
diff --git a/push/tests/integration/sample_client.cc b/push/tests/integration/sample_client.cc
index 5c82070a..7a0c283c 100644
--- a/push/tests/integration/sample_client.cc
+++ b/push/tests/integration/sample_client.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int main() {
   // create a push gateway
   const auto labels = Gateway::GetInstanceLabel(GetHostName());
 
-  Gateway gateway{"127.0.0.1:9091", "sample_client", labels};
+  Gateway gateway{"127.0.0.1", "9091", "sample_client", labels};
 
   // create a metrics registry with component=main labels applied to all its
   // metrics