diff --git a/comictaggerlib/settingswindow.py b/comictaggerlib/settingswindow.py
index 05acdcc..1b7b356 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/settingswindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/settingswindow.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets, uic
 import comictaggerlib.ui.talkeruigenerator
 from comicapi import utils
 from comicapi.genericmetadata import md_test
+from comictaggerlib import ctsettings
 from comictaggerlib.ctversion import version
 from comictaggerlib.filerenamer import FileRenamer, Replacement, Replacements
 from comictaggerlib.imagefetcher import ImageFetcher
@@ -466,9 +467,9 @@ class SettingsWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         QtWidgets.QDialog.accept(self)
 
     def update_talkers_config(self) -> None:
-        cfg = settngs.normalize_config(self.config, True, True)
-        for talker, talker_obj in self.talkers.items():
-            talker_obj.parse_settings(cfg[0][f"talker_{talker}"])
+        ctsettings.talkers = self.talkers
+        self.config = ctsettings.plugin.validate_talker_settings(self.config)
+        del ctsettings.talkers
 
     def select_rar(self) -> None:
         self.select_file(self.leRarExePath, "RAR")
diff --git a/comictalker/comictalker.py b/comictalker/comictalker.py
index e5c5d04..aac83ae 100644
--- a/comictalker/comictalker.py
+++ b/comictalker/comictalker.py
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ class ComicTalker:
         if settings[f"{self.id}_url"]:
             self.api_url = fix_url(settings[f"{self.id}_url"])
 
+        settings[f"{self.id}_url"] = self.api_url
+
         if self.api_key == "":
             self.api_key = self.default_api_key
         if self.api_url == "":
diff --git a/comictalker/talker_utils.py b/comictalker/talker_utils.py
index 8f8f329..c397d79 100644
--- a/comictalker/talker_utils.py
+++ b/comictalker/talker_utils.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import posixpath
 import re
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
@@ -30,8 +31,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def fix_url(url: str) -> str:
     tmp_url = urlsplit(url)
     # joinurl only works properly if there is a trailing slash
-    if tmp_url.path and tmp_url.path[-1] != "/":
-        tmp_url = tmp_url._replace(path=tmp_url.path + "/")
+    tmp_url = tmp_url._replace(path=posixpath.normpath(tmp_url.path) + "/")
     return tmp_url.geturl()