diff --git a/speedtest.py b/speedtest.py
index 0053237..878edb7 100755
--- a/speedtest.py
+++ b/speedtest.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class FakeShutdownEvent(object):
 
 # Some global variables we use
 SHUTDOWN_EVENT = FakeShutdownEvent()
-SCHEME = 'http'
 DEBUG = False
 _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = object()
 
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ def build_user_agent():
     return user_agent
 
 
-def build_request(url, data=None, headers=None, bump=''):
+def build_request(url, data=None, headers=None, bump='', secure=False):
     """Build a urllib2 request object
 
     This function automatically adds a User-Agent header to all requests
@@ -565,7 +564,9 @@ def build_request(url, data=None, headers=None, bump=''):
         headers = {}
 
     if url[0] == ':':
-        schemed_url = '%s%s' % (SCHEME, url)
+        scheme = ('http', 'https')[bool(secure)]
+        print scheme
+        schemed_url = '%s%s' % (scheme, url)
     else:
         schemed_url = url
 
@@ -780,7 +781,8 @@ class SpeedtestResults(object):
     to get a share results image link.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, download=0, upload=0, ping=0, server=None, opener=None):
+    def __init__(self, download=0, upload=0, ping=0, server=None, opener=None,
+                 secure=False):
         self.download = download
         self.upload = upload
         self.ping = ping
@@ -798,6 +800,8 @@ class SpeedtestResults(object):
         else:
             self._opener = build_opener()
 
+        self._secure = secure
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return repr(self.dict())
 
@@ -839,7 +843,7 @@ class SpeedtestResults(object):
         headers = {'Referer': 'http://c.speedtest.net/flash/speedtest.swf'}
         request = build_request('://www.speedtest.net/api/api.php',
                                 data='&'.join(api_data).encode(),
-                                headers=headers)
+                                headers=headers, secure=self._secure)
         f, e = catch_request(request, opener=self._opener)
         if e:
             raise ShareResultsConnectFailure(e)
@@ -904,13 +908,16 @@ class SpeedtestResults(object):
 class Speedtest(object):
     """Class for performing standard speedtest.net testing operations"""
 
-    def __init__(self, config=None, source_address=None, timeout=10):
+    def __init__(self, config=None, source_address=None, timeout=10,
+                 secure=False):
         self.config = {}
 
         self._source_address = source_address
         self._timeout = timeout
         self._opener = build_opener(source_address, timeout)
 
+        self._secure = secure
+
         self.get_config()
         if config is not None:
             self.config.update(config)
@@ -919,7 +926,7 @@ class Speedtest(object):
         self.closest = []
         self.best = {}
 
-        self.results = SpeedtestResults(opener=self._opener)
+        self.results = SpeedtestResults(opener=self._opener, secure=secure)
 
     def get_config(self):
         """Download the speedtest.net configuration and return only the data
@@ -930,7 +937,7 @@ class Speedtest(object):
         if gzip:
             headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip'
         request = build_request('://www.speedtest.net/speedtest-config.php',
-                                headers=headers)
+                                headers=headers, secure=self._secure)
         uh, e = catch_request(request, opener=self._opener)
         if e:
             raise ConfigRetrievalError(e)
@@ -1044,10 +1051,12 @@ class Speedtest(object):
         errors = []
         for url in urls:
             try:
-                request = build_request('%s?threads=%s' %
-                                        (url,
-                                         self.config['threads']['download']),
-                                        headers=headers)
+                request = build_request(
+                    '%s?threads=%s' % (url,
+                                       self.config['threads']['download']),
+                    headers=headers,
+                    secure=self._secure
+                )
                 uh, e = catch_request(request, opener=self._opener)
                 if e:
                     errors.append('%s' % e)
@@ -1274,7 +1283,9 @@ class Speedtest(object):
         request_count = len(urls)
         requests = []
         for i, url in enumerate(urls):
-            requests.append(build_request(url, bump=i))
+            requests.append(
+                build_request(url, bump=i, secure=self._secure)
+            )
 
         def producer(q, requests, request_count):
             for i, request in enumerate(requests):
@@ -1338,7 +1349,7 @@ class Speedtest(object):
                 data.pre_allocate()
             requests.append(
                 (
-                    build_request(self.best['url'], data),
+                    build_request(self.best['url'], data, secure=self._secure),
                     size
                 )
             )
@@ -1526,7 +1537,7 @@ def printer(string, quiet=False, debug=False, **kwargs):
 def shell():
     """Run the full speedtest.net test"""
 
-    global SHUTDOWN_EVENT, SCHEME, DEBUG
+    global SHUTDOWN_EVENT, DEBUG
     SHUTDOWN_EVENT = threading.Event()
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, ctrl_c)
@@ -1549,9 +1560,6 @@ def shell():
 
     validate_optional_args(args)
 
-    if args.secure:
-        SCHEME = 'https'
-
     debug = getattr(args, 'debug', False)
     if debug == 'SUPPRESSHELP':
         debug = False
@@ -1576,7 +1584,11 @@ def shell():
 
     printer('Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...', quiet)
     try:
-        speedtest = Speedtest(source_address=args.source, timeout=args.timeout)
+        speedtest = Speedtest(
+            source_address=args.source,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            secure=args.secure
+        )
     except (ConfigRetrievalError,) + HTTP_ERRORS:
         printer('Cannot retrieve speedtest configuration')
         raise SpeedtestCLIError(get_exception())