diff --git a/lib/parliament/request.rb b/lib/parliament/request.rb
index 872c1aa..357d7f1 100644
--- a/lib/parliament/request.rb
+++ b/lib/parliament/request.rb
@@ -108,11 +108,14 @@ def get(params: nil)
       endpoint_uri = URI.parse(api_endpoint)
       endpoint_uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params.to_a) unless params.nil?
 
-      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(endpoint_uri)
-      request.add_field('Accept', 'application/n-triples')
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(endpoint_uri.host, endpoint_uri.port)
+      http.use_ssl = true if endpoint_uri.scheme == 'https'
 
-      net_response = Net::HTTP.new(endpoint_uri.host, endpoint_uri.port).start do |http|
-        http.request(request)
+      net_response = http.start do |h|
+        api_request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(endpoint_uri.request_uri)
+        api_request.add_field('Accept', 'application/n-triples')
+
+        h.request api_request
       end
 
       handle_errors(net_response)