diff --git a/phabricator/__init__.py b/phabricator/__init__.py
index 40fb669..330b740 100644
--- a/phabricator/__init__.py
+++ b/phabricator/__init__.py
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
     def __getattr__(self, key):
         return self.response[key]
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        return self.response
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        self.response = state
+
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.response.keys())
 
@@ -292,7 +298,17 @@ def __init__(self, username=None, certificate=None, host=None,
 
         # Set values in ~/.arcrc as defaults
         if ARCRC:
-            self.host = host if host else ARCRC['hosts'].keys()[0]
+            if host:
+                self.host = host
+            else:
+                hostbase = (ARCRC.get('config', {}).get('phabricator.uri') or
+                            ARCRC.get('config', {}).get('default'))
+                if hostbase:
+                    # Hardcoding the path info to '/api/' to match arcanist.php
+                    # behavior.
+                    self.host = urlparse.urljoin(hostbase, "/api/")
+                else:
+                    self.host = ARCRC['hosts'].keys()[0]
             self.username = username if username else ARCRC['hosts'][self.host]['user']
             self.certificate = certificate if certificate else ARCRC['hosts'][self.host]['cert']
         else: