diff --git a/src/network.sh b/src/network.sh
index 5b347e18..6668dc16 100644
--- a/src/network.sh
+++ b/src/network.sh
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ compat() {
 
 getHostPorts() {
 
-  local list="$1"
+  local list="${HOST_PORTS:-}"
   list=$(echo "${list// /}" | sed 's/,*$//g')
+  list="${list//,,/,}"
 
   if [[ "${DISPLAY,,}" == "web" ]]; then
     [ -z "$list" ] && list="$WSS_PORT" || list+=",$WSS_PORT"
@@ -228,21 +229,62 @@ getHostPorts() {
     [ -z "$list" ] && list="$WSD_PORT" || list+=",$WSD_PORT"
   fi
 
+  # Remove duplicates
+  list=$(echo "$list," | awk 'BEGIN{RS=ORS=","} !seen[$0]++' | sed 's/,*$//g')
+
   echo "$list"
   return 0
 }
 
 getUserPorts() {
 
-  local args=""
-  local list=$1
+  local list="${USER_PORTS:-}"
   list=$(echo "${list// /}" | sed 's/,*$//g')
 
   local ssh="22"
   [[ "${BOOT_MODE:-}" == "windows"* ]] && ssh="3389"
   [ -z "$list" ] && list="$ssh" || list+=",$ssh"
+  
+  list="${list//,,/,}"
+  list="${list//,/ }"
+  list="${list## }"
+  list="${list%% }"
 
-  echo "$list"
+  local exclude
+  exclude=$(getHostPorts)
+  exclude="${exclude//,/ }"
+  exclude="${exclude## }"
+  exclude="${exclude%% }"
+
+  local ports=""
+
+  for userport in $list; do
+
+    local num="${userport///tcp}"
+    num="${num///udp}"
+    [ -z "$num" ] && continue
+
+    for hostport in $exclude; do
+
+      local val="${hostport///tcp}"
+
+      if [[ "$num" == "${val///udp}" ]]; then
+        num=""
+        warn "Could not assign port ${val///udp} to \"USER_PORTS\" because it is already in \"HOST_PORTS\"!"
+      fi
+
+    done
+
+    if [ -n "$num" ]; then
+      [ -z "$ports" ] && ports="$userport" || ports+=",$userport"
+    fi
+
+  done
+
+  # Remove duplicates
+  ports=$(echo "$ports," | awk 'BEGIN{RS=ORS=","} !seen[$0]++' | sed 's/,*$//g')
+
+  echo "$ports"
   return 0
 }
 
@@ -251,15 +293,15 @@ getSlirp() {
   local args=""
   local list=""
 
-  list=$(getUserPorts "${USER_PORTS:-}")
+  list=$(getUserPorts)
   list="${list//,/ }"
   list="${list## }"
   list="${list%% }"
 
   for port in $list; do
 
-    proto="tcp"
-    num="${port%/tcp}"
+    local proto="tcp"
+    local num="${port%/tcp}"
 
     if [[ "$port" == *"/udp" ]]; then
       proto="udp"
@@ -273,6 +315,8 @@ getSlirp() {
     args+="hostfwd=$proto::$num-$VM_NET_IP:$num,"
   done
 
+  args=$(echo "$args" | sed 's/,*$//g')
+
   echo "${args%?}"
   return 0
 }
@@ -341,7 +385,7 @@ configurePasst() {
   [ -n "$PASST_MTU" ] && PASST_OPTS+=" -m $PASST_MTU"
 
   local forward=""
-  forward=$(getUserPorts "${USER_PORTS:-}")
+  forward=$(getUserPorts)
   forward="${forward///tcp}"
   forward="${forward///udp}"
 
@@ -492,7 +536,7 @@ configureNAT() {
     update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy > /dev/null
   fi
 
-  exclude=$(getHostPorts "$HOST_PORTS")
+  exclude=$(getHostPorts)
 
   if [ -n "$exclude" ]; then
     if [[ "$exclude" != *","* ]]; then