diff --git a/include/ada/url_aggregator-inl.h b/include/ada/url_aggregator-inl.h
index a6b185698..fd29d753b 100644
--- a/include/ada/url_aggregator-inl.h
+++ b/include/ada/url_aggregator-inl.h
@@ -817,20 +817,31 @@ inline bool url_aggregator::has_port() const noexcept {
   // is greater than 1, and url's path[0] is the empty string, then append
   // U+002F (/) followed by U+002E (.) to output.
   ada_log("url_aggregator::has_dash_dot");
-  // Performance: instead of doing this potentially expensive check, we could
-  // just have a boolean value in the structure.
 #if ADA_DEVELOPMENT_CHECKS
-  if (components.pathname_start + 1 < buffer.size() &&
-      components.pathname_start == components.host_end + 2) {
-    ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(buffer[components.host_end] == '/');
-    ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(buffer[components.host_end + 1] == '.');
+  // If pathname_start and host_end are exactly two characters apart, then we
+  // either have a one-digit port such as http://test.com:5?param=1 or else we
+  // have a /.: sequence such as "non-spec:/.//". We test that this is the case.
+  if (components.pathname_start == components.host_end + 2) {
+    ADA_ASSERT_TRUE((buffer[components.host_end] == '/' &&
+                     buffer[components.host_end + 1] == '.') ||
+                    (buffer[components.host_end] == ':' &&
+                     checkers::is_digit(buffer[components.host_end + 1])));
+  }
+  if (&&components.pathname_start == components.host_end + 2 &&
+      buffer[components.host_end] == '/' &&
+      buffer[components.host_end + 1] == '.') {
+    ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(components.pathname_start + 1 < buffer.size());
     ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(buffer[components.pathname_start] == '/');
     ADA_ASSERT_TRUE(buffer[components.pathname_start + 1] == '/');
   }
 #endif
-  return !has_opaque_path &&
-         components.pathname_start == components.host_end + 2 &&
-         components.pathname_start + 1 < buffer.size();
+  // Performance: it should be uncommon for components.pathname_start ==
+  // components.host_end + 2 to be true. So we put this check first in the
+  // sequence. Most times, we do not have an opaque path. Checking for '/.' is
+  // more expensive, but should be uncommon.
+  return components.pathname_start == components.host_end + 2 &&
+         !has_opaque_path && buffer[components.host_end] == '/' &&
+         buffer[components.host_end + 1] == '.';
 }
 
 [[nodiscard]] inline std::string_view url_aggregator::get_href()
diff --git a/tests/basic_tests.cpp b/tests/basic_tests.cpp
index 6fe5e5c13..49d7315fc 100644
--- a/tests/basic_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/basic_tests.cpp
@@ -387,3 +387,15 @@ TYPED_TEST(basic_tests, nodejs_49650) {
   ASSERT_EQ(out->get_href(), "http://foo/");
   SUCCEED();
 }
+
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/50235
+TYPED_TEST(basic_tests, nodejs_50235) {
+  auto out = ada::parse<TypeParam>("http://test.com:5/?param=1");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(out);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(out->set_pathname("path"));
+  std::cout << "====================" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << out->get_href() << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "====================" << std::endl;
+  ASSERT_EQ(out->get_href(), "http://test.com:5/path?param=1");
+  SUCCEED();
+}