diff --git a/api/v1/streaming/public/local/dial.go b/api/v1/streaming/public/local/dial.go
index effbbfe..40e815f 100644
--- a/api/v1/streaming/public/local/dial.go
+++ b/api/v1/streaming/public/local/dial.go
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ func DialHost(host string) (Client, error) {
 }
 
 func Dial(req *http.Request) (Client, error) {
+	if nil == req {
+		return nil, errNilHTTPRequest
+	}
+
+	if nil == req.URL {
+		req.URL = new(url.URL)
+	}
+
+	req.URL.Path = Path
+
 	sseclient, err :=httpsse.Dial(req)
 	if nil != err {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/api/v1/streaming/public/local/errors.go b/api/v1/streaming/public/local/errors.go
index 0590ee4..fc13d1c 100644
--- a/api/v1/streaming/public/local/errors.go
+++ b/api/v1/streaming/public/local/errors.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	errNilDestination   = erorr.Error("mstdn: nil destination")
+	errNilHTTPRequest   = erorr.Error("mstdn: nil http-request")
 	errNilHTTPSSEClient = erorr.Error("mstdn: nil http-sse-client")
 	errNilReceiver      = erorr.Error("mstdn: nil receiver")
 )