diff --git a/wp-includes/cron.php b/wp-includes/cron.php
index 81c9192f8..1c45c99fb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/cron.php
+++ b/wp-includes/cron.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function wp_schedule_single_event( $timestamp, $hook, $args = array()) {
 	$next = wp_next_scheduled($hook, $args);
 	if ( $next && $next <= $timestamp + 600 )
 		return;
-		
+
 	$crons = _get_cron_array();
 	$key = md5(serialize($args));
 	$crons[$timestamp][$hook][$key] = array( 'schedule' => false, 'args' => $args );
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ function spawn_cron( $local_time ) {
 	if ( $timestamp > $local_time )
 		return;
 
-	$cron_url = get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-cron.php?check=' . wp_hash('187425');
+	// WPCOM: Use SERVER_ADDR
+	//$cron_url = get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-cron.php?check=' . wp_hash('187425');
+	$cron_url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] . '/wp-cron.php?check=' . wp_hash('187425');
 	/*
 	* multiple processes on multiple web servers can run this code concurrently
 	* try to make this as atomic as possible by setting doing_cron switch
@@ -187,13 +189,13 @@ function spawn_cron( $local_time ) {
 
 	// clean up potential invalid value resulted from various system chaos
 	if ( $flag != 0 ) {
-	 	if ( $flag > $local_time + 10*60 || $flag < $local_time - 10*60 ) {
-	 		update_option('doing_cron', 0);
-	 		$flag = 0;
-	 	}
+		if ( $flag > $local_time + 10*60 || $flag < $local_time - 10*60 ) {
+			update_option('doing_cron', 0);
+			$flag = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
-	 //don't run if another process is currently running it
+	//don't run if another process is currently running it
 	if ( $flag > $local_time )
 		return;