diff --git a/src/misc.erl b/src/misc.erl
index 0733ef298..7380011c2 100644
--- a/src/misc.erl
+++ b/src/misc.erl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ uri_parse(URL) when is_binary(URL) ->
 uri_parse(URL) ->
     case http_uri:parse(URL) of
 	{ok, {Scheme, _UserInfo, Host, Port, Path, Query}} ->
-	    {ok, Scheme, Host, Port, Path, Query};
+	    {ok, atom_to_list(Scheme), Host, Port, Path, Query};
 	{error, _} = E ->
 	    E
     end.
diff --git a/src/mod_sip.erl b/src/mod_sip.erl
index 6a710a6e8..cc2857181 100644
--- a/src/mod_sip.erl
+++ b/src/mod_sip.erl
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ mod_opt_type(via) ->
                  fun(URI) ->
                          {ok, Type, Host, Port, _, _} =
                             misc:uri_parse(URI),
-                         {Type, {unicode:characters_to_binary(Host), Port}}
+                         {list_to_atom(Type), {unicode:characters_to_binary(Host), Port}}
                  end))(U)
       end, [unique]).