diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index 3772d80e6..53bfdebcc 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ We aim to make reliable, maintainable, usable software, sustainably.
 
 * to do
 ** errors
-*** hledger web & gives an error ?
 ** testing
 *** run ledger 3 baseline tests
 *** test all ledger file format features
diff --git a/WebCommand.hs b/WebCommand.hs
index fb5845889..f25da25ef 100644
--- a/WebCommand.hs
+++ b/WebCommand.hs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ web opts args l =
        putStrLn $ printf "starting web server on port %d" tcpport
        tid <- forkIO $ simpleHTTP nullConf{port=tcpport} handlers
        putStrLn "starting web browser"
-       openBrowserOn $ printf "http://localhost:%s/balance" (show tcpport)
+       openBrowserOn $ printf "http://localhost:%d/balance" tcpport
        waitForTermination
        putStrLn "shutting down web server..."
        killThread tid