diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10e73277..4c2c2d0b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dist/
 .DS_Store
 MANIFEST
 *#*
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+/.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b89840c5..40c94b5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Autosub is a utility for automatic speech recognition and subtitle generation. I
 $ autosub -h
 usage: autosub [-h] [-C CONCURRENCY] [-o OUTPUT] [-F FORMAT] [-S SRC_LANGUAGE]
                [-D DST_LANGUAGE] [-K API_KEY] [--list-formats]
-               [--list-languages]
+               [--list-languages] [-htp]
                [source_path]
 
 positional arguments:
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ optional arguments:
                         subtitle translation)
   --list-formats        List all available subtitle formats
   --list-languages      List all available source/destination languages
+  -htp, --http-speech-to-text-api
+                        Change the speech-to-text api url into the http one
 ```
 
 ### License
diff --git a/autosub/__init__.py b/autosub/__init__.py
index d85e4db9..e9126a88 100644
--- a/autosub/__init__.py
+++ b/autosub/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY = 10
 DEFAULT_SRC_LANGUAGE = 'en'
 DEFAULT_DST_LANGUAGE = 'en'
-
+DEFAULT_API_URL_SCHEME = 'https://'
 
 def percentile(arr, percent):
     """
@@ -84,16 +84,19 @@ class SpeechRecognizer(object): # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     """
     Class for performing speech-to-text for an input FLAC file.
     """
-    def __init__(self, language="en", rate=44100, retries=3, api_key=GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_KEY):
+    def __init__(self, api_url, language="en",
+                 rate=44100, retries=3, api_key=GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_KEY):
+                 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self.language = language
         self.rate = rate
+        self.api_url = api_url
         self.api_key = api_key
         self.retries = retries
 
     def __call__(self, data):
         try:
             for _ in range(self.retries):
-                url = GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_URL.format(lang=self.language, key=self.api_key)
+                url = self.api_url.format(lang=self.language, key=self.api_key)
                 headers = {"Content-Type": "audio/x-flac; rate=%d" % self.rate}
 
                 try:
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ def generate_subtitles( # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-arguments
         src_language=DEFAULT_SRC_LANGUAGE,
         dst_language=DEFAULT_DST_LANGUAGE,
         subtitle_file_format=DEFAULT_SUBTITLE_FORMAT,
+        api_url_scheme=DEFAULT_API_URL_SCHEME,
         api_key=None,
     ):
     """
@@ -249,6 +253,7 @@ def generate_subtitles( # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-arguments
     pool = multiprocessing.Pool(concurrency)
     converter = FLACConverter(source_path=audio_filename)
     recognizer = SpeechRecognizer(language=src_language, rate=audio_rate,
+                                  api_url=api_url_scheme + GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_URL,
                                   api_key=GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_KEY)
 
     transcripts = []
@@ -375,6 +380,9 @@ def main():
                         action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--list-languages', help="List all available source/destination languages",
                         action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('-htp', '--http-speech-to-text-api',
+                        help="Change the speech-to-text api url into the http one",
+                        action='store_true')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -394,16 +402,32 @@ def main():
         return 1
 
     try:
-        subtitle_file_path = generate_subtitles(
-            source_path=args.source_path,
-            concurrency=args.concurrency,
-            src_language=args.src_language,
-            dst_language=args.dst_language,
-            api_key=args.api_key,
-            subtitle_file_format=args.format,
-            output=args.output,
-        )
+        if args.http_speech_to_text_api:
+            print("Using http url instead of https one. ")
+            subtitle_file_path = generate_subtitles(
+                source_path=args.source_path,
+                concurrency=args.concurrency,
+                src_language=args.src_language,
+                dst_language=args.dst_language,
+                api_url_scheme="http://",
+                api_key=args.api_key,
+                subtitle_file_format=args.format,
+                output=args.output,
+            )
+
+        else:
+            subtitle_file_path = generate_subtitles(
+                source_path=args.source_path,
+                concurrency=args.concurrency,
+                src_language=args.src_language,
+                dst_language=args.dst_language,
+                api_key=args.api_key,
+                subtitle_file_format=args.format,
+                output=args.output,
+            )
+
         print("Subtitles file created at {}".format(subtitle_file_path))
+
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         return 1
 
diff --git a/autosub/constants.py b/autosub/constants.py
index c776c112..70d6bd19 100644
--- a/autosub/constants.py
+++ b/autosub/constants.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_KEY = "AIzaSyBOti4mM-6x9WDnZIjIeyEU21OpBXqWBgw"
-GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_URL = "http://www.google.com/speech-api/v2/recognize?client=chromium&lang={lang}&key={key}" # pylint: disable=line-too-long
+GOOGLE_SPEECH_API_URL = "www.google.com/speech-api/v2/recognize?client=chromium&lang={lang}&key={key}" # pylint: disable=line-too-long
 
 LANGUAGE_CODES = {
     'af': 'Afrikaans',