diff -Nur mirrorbrain-2.18.1.orig/mb/mb/util.py mirrorbrain-2.18.1/mb/mb/util.py
--- mirrorbrain-2.18.1.orig/mb/mb/util.py	2014-02-04 17:22:24.000000000 -0600
+++ mirrorbrain-2.18.1/mb/mb/util.py	2017-06-29 21:12:08.534115130 -0500
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 
         if self.probebaseurl.startswith('http://'):
             self.scheme = 'http'
+        elif self.probebaseurl.startswith('https://'):
+            self.scheme = 'http'
         elif self.probebaseurl.startswith('ftp://'): 
             self.scheme = 'ftp'
         elif self.probebaseurl.startswith('rsync://') \