diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 3df624d..0d16a8a 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -2432,20 +2432,26 @@ sub fetch_via_socket_io {
     my ($peer, $server, $port, $default_port, $use_ssl);
     my ($sd, $request, $reply);
 
-    ## canonify proxy and url
-    my $force_ssl;
-    $force_ssl = 1 if ($url =~ /^https:/);
+    ## canonify use_ssl, proxy and url
+    if ($url =~ /^https:/) {
+        $use_ssl = 1;
+    } elsif ($url =~ /^http:/) {
+        $use_ssl = 0;
+    } elsif ($globals{'ssl'} && !($params{ignore_ssl_option} // 0)) {
+        $use_ssl = 1;
+    } else {
+        $use_ssl = 0;
+    }
+
     $proxy  =~ s%^https?://%%i if defined($proxy);
     $url    =~ s%^https?://%%i;
     $server = $url;
     $server =~ s%[?/].*%%;
     $url    =~ s%^[^?/]*/?%%;
 
-    if ($force_ssl || ($globals{'ssl'} && !($params{ignore_ssl_option} // 0))) {
-        $use_ssl      = 1;
+    if ($use_ssl) {
         $default_port = '443';
     } else {
-        $use_ssl      = 0;
         $default_port = '80';
     }
     debug("proxy    = %s", $proxy // '<undefined>');