diff --git a/app/models/pet.rb b/app/models/pet.rb
index 16e682a6..e085a9db 100644
--- a/app/models/pet.rb
+++ b/app/models/pet.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rocketamf/remote_gateway'
 require 'ostruct'
 
 class Pet < ApplicationRecord
-  NEOPETS_URL_ORIGIN = ENV['NEOPETS_URL_ORIGIN'] || 'http://www.neopets.com'
+  NEOPETS_URL_ORIGIN = ENV['NEOPETS_URL_ORIGIN'] || 'https://www.neopets.com'
   GATEWAY_URL = NEOPETS_URL_ORIGIN + '/amfphp/gateway.php'
   PET_VIEWER = RocketAMF::RemoteGateway.new(GATEWAY_URL).
     service('CustomPetService').action('getViewerData')
diff --git a/lib/rocketamf/remote_gateway/request.rb b/lib/rocketamf/remote_gateway/request.rb
index c289f69a..4dcaafda 100644
--- a/lib/rocketamf/remote_gateway/request.rb
+++ b/lib/rocketamf/remote_gateway/request.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ module RocketAMF
       def send_request(uri, req)
         begin
           http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+          http.use_ssl = true if uri.instance_of? URI::HTTPS
           return http.request(req)
         rescue Exception => e
           raise ConnectionError, e.message