diff --git a/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml b/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
index 6d553718..3b5001ec 100644
--- a/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 				<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
 				<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
 				<data android:host="www.ingress.com" android:scheme="https" android:pathPrefix="/intel"></data>
+				<data android:host="www.ingress.com" android:scheme="http" android:pathPrefix="/intel"></data>
 			</intent-filter>
 		</activity>
 	</application>
diff --git a/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_Mobile.java b/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_Mobile.java
index 9a0d3d8c..0dbd3901 100644
--- a/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_Mobile.java
+++ b/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_Mobile.java
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public class IITC_Mobile extends Activity {
 			if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action)) {
 				Uri uri = intent.getData();
 				String url = uri.toString();
+				// TODO Why does "if(intent.getScheme() == "http")" not work?
+				if (url.contains("http://"))
+					url = url.replace("http://", "https://");
 				Log.d("Intent received", "url: " + url);
 				if (url.contains("ingress.com")) {
 					Log.d("Intent received", "loading url...");