diff --git a/src/api2/pull.rs b/src/api2/pull.rs
index 3edbdf2f..c78658b5 100644
--- a/src/api2/pull.rs
+++ b/src/api2/pull.rs
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@ pub async fn get_pull_parameters(
         .password(Some(remote.password.clone()))
         .fingerprint(remote.fingerprint.clone());
 
-    let client = HttpClient::new(&remote.host, remote.port.unwrap_or(8007), &remote.userid, options)?;
+    let src_repo = BackupRepository::new(Some(remote.userid.clone()), Some(remote.host.clone()), remote.port, remote_store.to_string());
+
+    let client = HttpClient::new(&src_repo.host(), src_repo.port(), &src_repo.user(), options)?;
     let _auth_info = client.login() // make sure we can auth
         .await
         .map_err(|err| format_err!("remote connection to '{}' failed - {}", remote.host, err))?;
 
-    let src_repo = BackupRepository::new(Some(remote.userid), Some(remote.host), remote.port, remote_store.to_string());
 
     Ok((client, src_repo, tgt_store))
 }
diff --git a/src/client/backup_repo.rs b/src/client/backup_repo.rs
index 862e93af..c33314bf 100644
--- a/src/client/backup_repo.rs
+++ b/src/client/backup_repo.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ pub struct BackupRepository {
 impl BackupRepository {
 
     pub fn new(user: Option<Userid>, host: Option<String>, port: Option<u16>, store: String) -> Self {
+        let host = match host {
+            Some(host) if (IP_V6_REGEX.regex_obj)().is_match(&host) => {
+                Some(format!("[{}]", host))
+            },
+            other => other,
+        };
         Self { user, host, port, store }
     }
 
diff --git a/www/config/RemoteView.js b/www/config/RemoteView.js
index a804e5d6..96788fc7 100644
--- a/www/config/RemoteView.js
+++ b/www/config/RemoteView.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Ext.define('pmx-remotes', {
 	    calculate: function(data) {
 		let host = data.host || "localhost";
 		let port = data.port || "8007";
+		if (Proxmox.Utils.IP64_match.test(host)) {
+		    host = `[${host}]`;
+		}
 		return `${host}:${port}`;
 	    }
 	}