diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 075fe40..387dac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # zlog-sql
 MySQL/SQLite logging plugin for ZNC IRC bouncer written in Python 3
 
+## Update 21/04/2022
+
+I added the ability to parse port in database connection string specified as this module argument
+
 ## Features
 * Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.
 * Asynchronous database writes on separate thread. Guarantees that ZNC won't hang during SQL connection timeout.
@@ -25,14 +29,14 @@ MySQL gives great compression ratio and is easily searchable. SQLite database do
 ### MySQL
 For MySQL, set module argument matching following format:
 ```
-mysql://username:password@localhost/database_name
+mysql://username:password@localhost:port/database_name
 ```
 **Important:** you need [`PyMySQL`](https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL) pip package for MySQL logging. Install it with `pip3 install PyMySQL` command.
 
 ### PostgreSQL
 For PostgreSQL, set module argument matching following format:
 ```
-postgres://username:password@localhost/database_name
+postgres://username:password@localhost:port/database_name
 ```
 **Important:** you need [`psycopg2`](https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2) pip package for PostgreSQL logging. Install it with `pip3 install psycopg2` command.
 
diff --git a/zlog_sql.py b/zlog_sql.py
index 0a10212..e72739d 100644
--- a/zlog_sql.py
+++ b/zlog_sql.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class zlog_sql(znc.Module):
     wiki_page = 'ZLog_SQL'
 
     has_args = True
-    args_help_text = ('Connection string in format: mysql://user:pass@host/database_name'
-                      ' or postgres://user:pass@host/database_name'
+    args_help_text = ('Connection string in format: mysql://user:pass@host:port/database_name'
+                      ' or postgres://user:pass@host:port/database_name'
                       ' or sqlite://path/to/db.sqlite')
 
     log_queue = multiprocessing.SimpleQueue()
@@ -357,19 +357,35 @@ def parse_args(self, args):
             else:
                 return SQLiteDatabase({'database': match.group(1)})
 
-        match = re.search('^\s*mysql://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?)/(.+)\s*$', args)
+        match = re.search('^\s*mysql://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?)(?::(.*))?/(.+)\s*$', args)
         if match:
+            parsedPort = match.group(4)
             return MySQLDatabase({'host': match.group(3),
-                                  'user': match.group(1),
-                                  'passwd': match.group(2),
-                                  'db': match.group(4)})
-
-        match = re.search('^\s*postgres://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?)/(.+)\s*$', args)
+                'port': int(parsedPort),
+                'user': match.group(1),
+                'passwd': match.group(2),
+                'db': match.group(5)}
+            ) if parsedPort != None else MySQLDatabase({'host': match.group(3),
+                'user': match.group(1),
+                'passwd': match.group(2),
+                'db': match.group(5)}
+            )
+
+        match = re.search('^\s*postgres://(.+?):(.+?)@(.+?)(?::(.*))?/(.+)\s*$', args)
         if match:
-            return PostgresDatabase({'host': match.group(3),
-                                     'user': match.group(1),
-                                     'password': match.group(2),
-                                     'database': match.group(4)})
+            parsedPort = match.group(4)
+            return PostgresDatabase({
+                'host': match.group(3),
+                'port': int(parsedPort),
+                'user': match.group(1),
+                'password': match.group(2),
+                'database': match.group(5)
+            }) if parsedPort != None else PostgresDatabase({
+                'host': match.group(3),
+                'user': match.group(1),
+                'password': match.group(2),
+                'database': match.group(5)
+            })
 
         raise Exception('Unrecognized connection string. Check the documentation.')