diff --git a/bin/sdss_install_bootstrap b/bin/sdss_install_bootstrap
index d830dcf..62f5bc7 100755
--- a/bin/sdss_install_bootstrap
+++ b/bin/sdss_install_bootstrap
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${verbose}" ]]; then echo "sdss_install_bootstrap - INFO - {SDSS_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/sdss_install --github --bootstrap --module-only ${root} ${test} ${verbose}" ; fi
-${SDSS_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/sdss_install --github --bootstrap --module-only ${root} ${test} ${verbose}
+${SDSS_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/sdss_install --github --bootstrap --module-only --https ${root} ${test} ${verbose}