diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2a5eb62..b0ee03c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 == ChangeLog for RottenLinks ==
 
+=== 1.0.14 (05-06-2021) ===
+* Make protocols lowercase before making request
+
 === 1.0.13 (13-05-2021) ===
 * Use HttpRequestFactory
 
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 22f32bc..f421925 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "RottenLinks",
-	"version": "1.0.13",
+	"version": "1.0.14",
 	"author": [
 		"John Lewis"
 	],
diff --git a/includes/RottenLinks.php b/includes/RottenLinks.php
index bf10bac..54c719f 100644
--- a/includes/RottenLinks.php
+++ b/includes/RottenLinks.php
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ public static function getResponse( $url ) {
 		$services = MediaWikiServices::getInstance();
 
 		$config = $services->getConfigFactory()->makeConfig( 'rottenlinks' );
-
+		
+		// Make the protocol lowercase
+		$urlexp = explode( '://', $url);
+		$proto = strtolower( $urlexp[0] ) . '://';
+		$site = $urlexp[1]; 
+		$urlToUse = $proto . $site;
+		
 		$request = $services->getHttpRequestFactory()->create(
-			$url, [ 
+			$urlToUse, [ 
 				'method' => 'HEAD', // return headers only
 				'timeout' => $config->get( 'RottenLinksCurlTimeout' ),
 				'userAgent' => 'RottenLinks, MediaWiki extension (https://github.com/miraheze/RottenLinks), running on ' . $config->get( 'Server' )