diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d476dc..41e69eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ pip install netboxlabs-diode-sdk
 
 ### Example
 
-* `target` should be the address of the Diode service, e.g. `grpc://localhost:8080/diode` for insecure connection
-  or `grpcs://example.com` for secure connection.
+* `target` should be the address of the Diode service.
+  * Insecure connections: `grpc://localhost:8080/diode` or `http://localhost:8080/diode`
+  * Secure connections: `grpcs://example.com` or `https://example.com`
 
 ```python
 from netboxlabs.diode.sdk import DiodeClient
diff --git a/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py b/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
index 85f45b8..045ab0d 100644
--- a/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
+++ b/netboxlabs/diode/sdk/client.py
@@ -63,15 +63,18 @@ def parse_target(target: str) -> tuple[str, str, bool]:
     """Parse the target into authority, path and tls_verify."""
     parsed_target = urlparse(target)
 
-    if parsed_target.scheme not in ["grpc", "grpcs"]:
-        raise ValueError("target should start with grpc:// or grpcs://")
+    if parsed_target.scheme not in ["grpc", "grpcs", "http", "https"]:
+        raise ValueError("target should start with grpc://, grpcs://, http:// or https://")
 
-    tls_verify = parsed_target.scheme == "grpcs"
+    tls_verify = parsed_target.scheme in ["grpcs", "https"]
 
     authority = parsed_target.netloc
 
     if ":" not in authority:
-        authority += ":443"
+        if parsed_target.scheme in ["grpc", "http"]:
+            authority += ":80"
+        elif parsed_target.scheme in ["grpcs", "https"]:
+            authority += ":443"
 
     return authority, parsed_target.path, tls_verify
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index d2178d4..a265ddc 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -104,17 +104,10 @@ def test_load_certs_returns_bytes():
     assert isinstance(_load_certs(), bytes)
 
 
-def test_parse_target_handles_http_prefix():
-    """Check that parse_target raises an error when the target contains http://."""
+def test_parse_target_handles_ftp_prefix():
+    """Check that parse_target raises an error when the target contains ftp://."""
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        parse_target("http://localhost:8081")
-
-
-def test_parse_target_handles_https_prefix():
-    """Check that parse_target raises an error when the target contains https://."""
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        parse_target("https://localhost:8081")
-
+        parse_target("ftp://localhost:8081")
 
 def test_parse_target_parses_authority_correctly():
     """Check that parse_target parses the authority correctly."""
@@ -127,6 +120,12 @@ def test_parse_target_parses_authority_correctly():
 def test_parse_target_adds_default_port_if_missing():
     """Check that parse_target adds the default port if missing."""
     authority, _, _ = parse_target("grpc://localhost")
+    assert authority == "localhost:80"
+    authority, _, _ = parse_target("http://localhost")
+    assert authority == "localhost:80"
+    authority, _, _ = parse_target("grpcs://localhost")
+    assert authority == "localhost:443"
+    authority, _, _ = parse_target("https://localhost")
     assert authority == "localhost:443"
 
 
@@ -144,8 +143,14 @@ def test_parse_target_handles_no_path():
 
 def test_parse_target_parses_tls_verify_correctly():
     """Check that parse_target parses tls_verify correctly."""
+    _, _, tls_verify = parse_target("grpc://localhost:8081")
+    assert tls_verify is False
+    _, _, tls_verify = parse_target("http://localhost:8081")
+    assert tls_verify is False
     _, _, tls_verify = parse_target("grpcs://localhost:8081")
     assert tls_verify is True
+    _, _, tls_verify = parse_target("https://localhost:8081")
+    assert tls_verify is True
 
 
 def test_get_sentry_dsn_returns_env_var_when_no_input():