diff --git a/cmd/influxd/config.go b/cmd/influxd/config.go
index 8ade01cd67..957bc0c91c 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/config.go
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ func (c *Config) RaftListenAddr() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.BindAddress, c.Raft.Port)
 }
 
+// RaftConnectionString returns the address required to contact the Raft server
+func (c *Config) RaftConnectionString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.Hostname, c.Raft.Port)
+}
+
 // Size represents a TOML parseable file size.
 // Users can specify size using "m" for megabytes and "g" for gigabytes.
 type Size int
@@ -263,10 +268,6 @@ func (c *Config) ProtobufConnectionString() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.Hostname, c.ProtobufPort)
 }
 
-func (c *Config) RaftConnectionString() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", c.Hostname, c.RaftServerPort)
-}
-
 func (c *Config) ProtobufListenString() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.BindAddress, c.ProtobufPort)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/create_cluster.go b/cmd/influxd/create_cluster.go
index bfa12a3d86..cb2e5f2c7e 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/create_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/create_cluster.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func execCreateCluster(args []string) {
 
 	// Create the broker.
 	b := messaging.NewBroker()
-	if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir); err != nil {
+	if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir, config.RaftConnectionString()); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("broker: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/join_cluster.go b/cmd/influxd/join_cluster.go
index a2679ea807..f4d794d4b7 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/join_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/join_cluster.go
@@ -50,19 +50,21 @@ func execJoinCluster(args []string) {
 		// Broker required -- but don't initialize it.
 		// Joining a cluster will do that.
 		b := messaging.NewBroker()
-		if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir); err != nil {
+		if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir, config.RaftConnectionString()); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("join: %s", err)
 		}
 
 		// Loop through each, connecting to one must succeed.
 		joined := false
 		for _, s := range seedURLs {
-			if err := b.Join(s); err == nil {
+			err := b.Join(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("error: join failed to connect to", s, err)
+			} else {
 				log.Println("join: connected successfully to", s)
 				joined = true
 				break
 			}
-			log.Println("error: join failed to connect to", s)
 		}
 
 		if !joined {
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ func execJoinCluster(args []string) {
 
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("joined cluster at %s", *seedServers)
+	log.Printf("joined cluster as '%s' at %s", *role, *seedServers)
 }
 
 func printJoinClusterUsage() {
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run.go b/cmd/influxd/run.go
index 67238aa109..c4374784ba 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func execRun(args []string) {
 	// If the Broker directory exists, open a Broker on this node.
 	if brokerDirExists {
 		b := messaging.NewBroker()
-		if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir); err != nil {
+		if err := b.Open(config.Raft.Dir, config.RaftConnectionString()); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to open Broker", err.Error())
 		}
 		brokerHandler = messaging.NewHandler(b)
diff --git a/messaging/broker.go b/messaging/broker.go
index c4f004dbd8..16aa051144 100644
--- a/messaging/broker.go
+++ b/messaging/broker.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (b *Broker) opened() bool { return b.path != "" }
 
 // Open initializes the log.
 // The broker then must be initialized or join a cluster before it can be used.
-func (b *Broker) Open(path string) error {
+func (b *Broker) Open(path string, connectionAddr string) error {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	defer b.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@ func (b *Broker) Open(path string) error {
 	}
 	b.path = path
 
-	// Open underlying raft log.
+	// Open underlying raft log and set its connection URL.
 	if err := b.log.Open(filepath.Join(path, "raft")); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("raft: %s", err)
 	}
+	u, err := url.Parse(connectionAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("broker: %s", err)
+	}
+	b.log.URL = u
 
 	return nil
 }