diff --git a/__mocks__/https.js b/__mocks__/https.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..debb071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__mocks__/https.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
+
+const https = jest.genMockFromModule('https');
+
+const MockServerResponse = class extends EventEmitter {};
+
+// create a mock response and data object
+let mockData = null;
+
+/**
+ * Sets the mock response
+ *
+ * @param {String} data
+ */
+const __setMockResponse = (data) => {
+  mockData = data;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Mock function to override https.get
+ *
+ * @param {String} url
+ * @param {Function} callback
+ */
+const get = (url, callback) => {
+  const mockResponse = new MockServerResponse();
+  process.nextTick(() => { mockResponse.emit('data', mockData); });
+  process.nextTick(() => { mockResponse.emit('end'); });
+  callback.call(null, mockResponse);
+};
+
+https.__setMockResponse = __setMockResponse;
+https.get = get;
+
+module.exports = https;
diff --git a/__tests__/api/index.js b/__tests__/api/index.js
index 78daafe..acc92a1 100644
--- a/__tests__/api/index.js
+++ b/__tests__/api/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jest.mock('conf');
 jest.mock('download');
 jest.mock('fs');
 jest.mock('http');
+jest.mock('https');
 jest.mock('npm-name');
 jest.mock('rimraf');
 
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ describe('search', () => {
         },
       ],
     };
-    require('http').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
+    require('https').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
     expect(await api.search('foobar')).toContainEqual({
       name: 'foobar-default-theme',
       desc: 'Foobar default theme',
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ describe('search', () => {
     const mockHttpResponse = {
       results: null,
     };
-    require('http').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
+    require('https').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
     try {
       await api.search('foobar');
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/__tests__/utils/search.js b/__tests__/utils/search.js
index 5e62663..5ae591d 100644
--- a/__tests__/utils/search.js
+++ b/__tests__/utils/search.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import search from '../../src/utils/search';
 
-jest.mock('http');
+jest.mock('https');
 
 describe('search', () => {
   it('should seach for packages', async () => {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('search', () => {
         },
       ],
     };
-    require('http').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
+    require('https').__setMockResponse(JSON.stringify(mockHttpResponse));
 
     const q = 'foobar';
     const mockResponse = [
diff --git a/src/errors/index.js b/src/errors/index.js
index f296021..d924990 100644
--- a/src/errors/index.js
+++ b/src/errors/index.js
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ exports.ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND = 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND';
 exports.ERR_MODULE_DISABLED = 'ERR_MODULE_DISABLED';
 exports.ERR_MODULE_NOT_INSTALLED = 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_INSTALLED';
 exports.ERR_MODULE_REMOVE_FAILED = 'ERR_MODULE_REMOVE_FAILED';
+exports.ERR_MODULE_SEARCH_FAILED = 'ERR_MODULE_SEARCH_FAILED';
 exports.ERR_THEME_ALREADY_ACTIVE = 'ERR_THEME_ALREADY_ACTIVE';
diff --git a/src/utils/search.js b/src/utils/search.js
index 08b4270..541160a 100644
--- a/src/utils/search.js
+++ b/src/utils/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 
 /**
  * Retrieves the API url
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const searchPackages = q => new Promise((resolve) => {
   let body = '';
   const endpoint = getSearchUrl(q);
   // Retrieve the search results
-  return http.get(endpoint, (res) => {
+  return https.get(endpoint, (res) => {
     res.on('data', (chunk) => {
       body += chunk;
     });