diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
index 3866b1166bc7924d89dbe022d1770dc3d08565b2..7803113a0f98f0152c0ab6da948252064c33c70d 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
@@ -583,9 +583,11 @@ int tcpConnect(char* host, int port) {
     struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
     if (port == 0) {
         port = 6041;
+        args.port = 6041;
     }
     if (NULL == host) {
         host = "localhost";
+        args.host = "localhost";
     }
 
     struct hostent *server = gethostbyname(host);
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
index b2bfaceeb38ff011dab79e204aa6bdd572bfcccd..aa67019628ebeed565a874e5f766632aaafae9b6 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
@@ -613,9 +613,11 @@ int tcpConnect(char* host, int port) {
     struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
     if (port == 0) {
         port = 6041;
+        args.port = 6041;
     }
     if (NULL == host) {
         host = "localhost";
+        args.host = "localhost";
     }
 
     struct hostent *server = gethostbyname(host);
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
index 0578611cd74bf9259f88df47682db259d791c824..990f4739c5ea50119345f17734238d416ff8d288 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
@@ -377,9 +377,11 @@ int tcpConnect(char* host, int iport) {
             hints;
     if (iport == 0) {
         iport = 6041;
+        args.port = 6041
     }
     if (NULL == host) {
         host = "localhost";
+        args.host = "localhost";
     }
     char port[10] = {0};