diff --git a/bin/shelr b/bin/shelr
index 337698c..78e5408 100755
--- a/bin/shelr
+++ b/bin/shelr
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ when 'list'
   Shelr::Player.list
 when 'play'
   if ARGV[1]
-    if ARGV[1] =~ /^http:.*/ # remote file
+    if ARGV[1] =~ /^https?:.*/ # remote file
       Shelr::Player.play_remote(ARGV[1])
     elsif ARGV[1] =~ /.*\.json$/ # local file
       Shelr::Player.play_dump(ARGV[1])
diff --git a/lib/shelr/player.rb b/lib/shelr/player.rb
index 11e94dc..be6a1cc 100644
--- a/lib/shelr/player.rb
+++ b/lib/shelr/player.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 require 'net/http'
+require 'net/https'
 require 'tmpdir'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'pathname'
@@ -13,7 +14,10 @@ def self.play(id)
 
     def self.play_remote(url)
       puts ".==> Fetching #{url}"
-      resp = Net::HTTP.get(URI.parse(url))
+      uri = URI.parse(url)
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+      http.use_ssl = true if uri.scheme == "https"
+      resp = http.request_get(uri.path).body
       play_parts_hash(JSON.parse(resp))
     end