diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89740ff..a0b176f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ## Framework for Testing WAFs (FTW)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fastly/ftw.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/fastly/ftw)
 
-##### Purpose 
-This project was created by researchers from ModSecurity and Fastly to help provide rigorous tests for WAF rules. It uses the OWASP Core Ruleset V3 as a baseline to test rules on a WAF. Each rule from the ruleset is loaded into a YAML file that issues HTTP requests that will trigger these rules. 
+##### Purpose
+This project was created by researchers from ModSecurity and Fastly to help provide rigorous tests for WAF rules. It uses the OWASP Core Ruleset V3 as a baseline to test rules on a WAF. Each rule from the ruleset is loaded into a YAML file that issues HTTP requests that will trigger these rules.
 
 Goals / Use cases include:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ If you require an environment for testing WAF rules, there has been one created
 
 ## Running Tests while overriding destination address in the yaml files to custom domain
 * *start your test web server*
-* `py.test test/test_default.py --ruledir=test/yaml --destaddr=domain.com`
+* `py.test test/test_default.py --ruledir=test/yaml --destaddr=domain.com
+--port 443 --protocol https`
 
 ## Run integration test, local webserver, may have to use sudo
 * `py.test test/integration/test_logcontains.py -s --ruledir=test/integration/`
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ If you require an environment for testing WAF rules, there has been one created
   3. Get the logs, store them in an array of strings and return it from `get_logs()`
 4. Make use of `py.test fixtures`. Use a function decorator `@pytest.fixture`, return your new `LogChecker` object. Whenever you use a function argument in your tests that matches the name of that `@pytest.fixture`, it will instantiate your object and make it easier to run tests. An example of this is in the python file from step 1.
 5. Write a testing configuration in the `*.yaml` format as seen in `test/integration/LOGCONTAINSFIXTURE.yaml`, the `log_contains` line requires a string that is a regex. FTW will compile the `log_contains` string from each stage in the YAML file into a regex. This regex will then be used alongside the lines of logs passed in from `get_logs()` to look for a match. The `log_contains` string, then, should be a unique rule-id as FTW is greedy and will pass on the first match. False positives are mitigated from the start/end time passed to the `LogChecker` object, but it is best to stay safe and use unique regexes.
-6. For each stage, the `get_logs()` function is called, so be sure to account for API calls if thats how you retrieve your logs. 
+6. For each stage, the `get_logs()` function is called, so be sure to account for API calls if thats how you retrieve your logs.
 
 ## Making HTTP requests programmatically
 Although it is preferred to make requests using the YAML format, often automated tests require making many dynamic requests. In such a case it is recommended to make use of the py.test framework in order to produce test cases that can be run as part of the whole.
@@ -53,4 +54,3 @@ Generally making an HTTP request is simple:
 3. provide the instance of the input class to `HttpUA.send_request()`
 
 *For some examples see the http integration tests*
-
diff --git a/ftw/pytest_plugin.py b/ftw/pytest_plugin.py
index 9349f52..df94d8e 100644
--- a/ftw/pytest_plugin.py
+++ b/ftw/pytest_plugin.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 def get_testdata(rulesets):
     """
     In order to do test-level parametrization (is this a word?), we have to
-    bundle the test data from rulesets into tuples so py.test can understand 
+    bundle the test data from rulesets into tuples so py.test can understand
     how to run tests across the whole suite of rulesets
     """
     testdata = []
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ def destaddr(request):
     """
     return request.config.getoption('--destaddr')
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def port(request):
+    """
+    Destination port override for tests
+    """
+
+    return request.config.getoption('--port')
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def protocol(request):
+    """
+    Destination protocol override for tests
+    """
+
+    return request.config.getoption('--protocol')
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def http_serv_obj():
     """
@@ -69,11 +85,16 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption('--rule', action='store', default=None,
         help='fully qualified path to one rule')
     parser.addoption('--ruledir_recurse', action='store', default=None,
-        help='walk the directory structure finding YAML files')        
+        help='walk the directory structure finding YAML files')
     parser.addoption('--with-journal', action='store', default=None,
         help='pass in a journal database file to test')
     parser.addoption('--tablename', action='store', default=None,
         help='pass in a tablename to parse journal results')
+    parser.addoption('--port', action='store', default=None,
+        help='destination port to direct tests towards', choices=range(1,65536),
+        type=int)
+    parser.addoption('--protocol', action='store',default=None,
+        help='destination protocol to direct tests towards', choices=['http','https'])
 
 def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
     """
@@ -86,7 +107,7 @@ def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
         if metafunc.config.option.ruledir:
             rulesets = util.get_rulesets(metafunc.config.option.ruledir, False)
         if metafunc.config.option.ruledir_recurse:
-            rulesets = util.get_rulesets(metafunc.config.option.ruledir_recurse, True)            
+            rulesets = util.get_rulesets(metafunc.config.option.ruledir_recurse, True)
         if metafunc.config.option.rule:
             rulesets = util.get_rulesets(metafunc.config.option.rule, False)
         if 'ruleset' in metafunc.fixturenames and 'test' in metafunc.fixturenames:
diff --git a/test/test_default.py b/test/test_default.py
index 8ff8f03..a51f97c 100644
--- a/test/test_default.py
+++ b/test/test_default.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import pytest
 from ftw import testrunner, errors
 
-def test_default(ruleset, test, destaddr):
+def test_default(ruleset, test, destaddr, port, protocol):
     """
     Default tester with no logger obj. Useful for HTML contains and Status code
     Not useful for testing loggers
     """
-    runner = testrunner.TestRunner() 
+    runner = testrunner.TestRunner()
     try:
         for stage in test.stages:
             if destaddr is not None:
                 stage.input.dest_addr = destaddr
+            if port is not None:
+                stage.input.port = port
+            if protocol is not None:
+                stage.input.protocol = protocol
             runner.run_stage(stage, None)
     except errors.TestError as e:
         e.args[1]['meta'] = ruleset.meta