diff --git a/src/main/scala/code/api/oauth1.0.scala b/src/main/scala/code/api/oauth1.0.scala
index be49fa2c9..95ee88664 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/code/api/oauth1.0.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/code/api/oauth1.0.scala
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ object OAuthHandshake extends RestHelper with Loggable {
         parameters
       }
 
-      //prepare the base string
+      //prepare the base string (should we really have openOr here?)
       var baseString = httpMethod+"&"+URLEncoder.encode(Props.get("hostname").openOr(S.hostAndPath)  + S.uri,"UTF-8")+"&"
       baseString+= generateOAuthParametersString(OAuthparameters)