--- a/admin/settings.php
+++ b/admin/settings.php
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
 			$sitename = escapestring(descript(strip_tags($_POST['newsitename'])));
 			$slogan = escapestring(descript(strip_tags($_POST['newslogan'])));
 			$url = escapestring(descript(strip_tags($_POST['newsiteurl'])));
-			// if the http:// is missing add it.
-			if(substr($url, 0, 7) != "http://") $url = "http://".$url;
+			// if the https:// is missing add it.
+			if(substr($url, 0, 8) != "https://" && substr($url, 0, 7) != "http://") $url = "https://".$url;
 			// we also want to check for a trailing slash.
 			if(substr($url, -1, 1) == "/") $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url) - 1);
 			$tableprefix = escapestring(descript(strip_tags($_POST['newtableprefix'])));
@@ -485,3 +485,4 @@
 	}
 	$output .= "<tr><td colspan='2'><div align='center'><input type='submit' id='submit' class='button' name='submit' value='"._SUBMIT."'></div></form></td></tr></table>";
 ?>
+