diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
index 732ec5dc3..d78c92b0c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ssh.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       options = {}
+      options[:port] = port(opts)
       [:host, :username, :private_key_path].each do |param|
         options[param] = opts[param] || env.config.ssh.send(param)
       end
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ module Vagrant
       # we simply exec.
       pid = nil
       pid = fork if Util::Platform.leopard?
-      Kernel.exec "ssh -p #{port(opts)} -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i #{options[:private_key_path]} #{options[:username]}@#{options[:host]}".strip if pid.nil?
+      Kernel.exec "ssh -p #{options[:port]} -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i #{options[:private_key_path]} #{options[:username]}@#{options[:host]}".strip if pid.nil?
       Process.wait(pid) if pid
     end
 
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 57df0184f..a21c668c8 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Mitchell Hashimoto", "John Bender"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-06-23}
+  s.date = %q{2010-06-24}
   s.default_executable = %q{vagrant}
   s.description = %q{Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments.}
   s.email = ["mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com", "john.m.bender@gmail.com"]