diff --git a/monitorix.cgi b/monitorix.cgi
index a1b40d5..e29a553 100755
--- a/monitorix.cgi
+++ b/monitorix.cgi
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ my $conf = new Config::General(
 );
 %config = $conf->getall;
 
-$config{url} = $ENV{HTTPS} ? "https://" . $ENV{HTTP_HOST} : "http://" . $ENV{HTTP_HOST};
+$config{url} = ($ENV{HTTPS} || $config{https_url} eq "y") ? "https://" . $ENV{HTTP_HOST} : "http://" . $ENV{HTTP_HOST};
 $config{hostname} = $config{hostname} || $ENV{SERVER_NAME};
 if(!($config{hostname})) {	# called from the command line
 	$config{hostname} = "127.0.0.1";