diff --git a/plugins/get_txt.lua b/plugins/get_txt.lua
index 862ca52..2a74662 100644
--- a/plugins/get_txt.lua
+++ b/plugins/get_txt.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 local function run(msg, matches)
- local res,code = http.request(matches[1]..'.txt')
+ if string.starts(msg.text, "https") then
+   res,code = https.request('https://'..matches[1]..'.txt')
+ else
+   res,code = http.request('http://'..matches[1]..'.txt')
+ end
  if code ~= 200 then return nil end
  return res
 end
@@ -8,6 +12,7 @@ end
 return {
   description = "", 
   usage = "",
-  patterns = {"^https?://(.*).txt$"},
+  patterns = {"^https://(.*).txt$",
+			  "^http://(.*).txt$"},
   run = run 
 }
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