diff --git a/benchmarking/src/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/ComparisonScript.java b/benchmarking/src/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/ComparisonScript.java
index 2744b8743..1c9c7a97b 100644
--- a/benchmarking/src/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/ComparisonScript.java
+++ b/benchmarking/src/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/ComparisonScript.java
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ enum Connector
 		PICR ("picr", "idmapper-picr:"),
 		
 		SYNERGIZER_ENSEMBL  ("synergizer(ensembl)", "idmapper-synergizer:authority=ensembl&species=Homo sapiens"),
-		BRIDGEWEBSERVICE ("BridgeWebservice", "idmapper-bridgerest:http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human"),
+		BRIDGEWEBSERVICE ("BridgeWebservice", "idmapper-bridgerest:https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human"),
 		BRIDGEWEBSERVICE_LOCAL ("BridgeWebservice(local)", "idmapper-bridgerest:http://localhost:8183/Human"),
 		BIOMART ("biomart", "idmapper-biomart:http://www.biomart.org/biomart/martservice?mart=ensembl&dataset=hsapiens_gene_ensembl"),
 		CRONOS ("cronos", "idmapper-cronos:hsa"),
diff --git a/benchmarking/test/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/TestAll.java b/benchmarking/test/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/TestAll.java
index 5be513373..f1cc3d2e1 100644
--- a/benchmarking/test/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/TestAll.java
+++ b/benchmarking/test/org/bridgedb/benchmarking/TestAll.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public void testBridgeWebservice() throws IDMapperException, ClassNotFoundExcept
 		Class.forName("org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest.BridgeRest");
 		Xref insr1 = new Xref ("ENSG00000171105", DataSource.getBySystemCode("EnHs"));
 		Xref insr2 = new Xref ("3643", DataSource.getBySystemCode("L"));
-		basicMapperTest (measure, "bridgerest", "idmapper-bridgerest:http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human", insr1, insr2);
+		basicMapperTest (measure, "bridgerest", "idmapper-bridgerest:https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human", insr1, insr2);
 	}
 	
 	public void testFile() throws IDMapperException, ClassNotFoundException
diff --git a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ChebiPubchemExample.java b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ChebiPubchemExample.java
index eadc6a5df..6b507827e 100644
--- a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ChebiPubchemExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ChebiPubchemExample.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public static void main (String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, IDMapperE
 		// We'll use the BridgeRest webservice in this case, as it does compound mapping fairly well.
 		// We'll use the human database, but it doesn't really matter which species we pick.
 		Class.forName ("org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest.BridgeRest");
-		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect("idmapper-bridgerest:http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
+		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect("idmapper-bridgerest:https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
 		DataSourceTxt.init();
 
 		// Start with defining the Chebi identifier for
diff --git a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExHello.java b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExHello.java
index baf811d6c..35efbd6e2 100644
--- a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExHello.java
+++ b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExHello.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public static void main(String args[]) throws ClassNotFoundException, IDMapperEx
 		DataSourceTxt.init();
 		
 		// now we connect to the driver and create a IDMapper instance.
-		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect ("idmapper-bridgerest:http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
+		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect ("idmapper-bridgerest:https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
 		
 		// We create an Xref instance for the identifier that we want to look up.
 		// In this case we want to look up Entrez gene 3643.
diff --git a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExIDSearch.java b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExIDSearch.java
index f309b89db..60029a480 100644
--- a/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExIDSearch.java
+++ b/examples/src/org/bridgedb/examples/ExIDSearch.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public static void main(String args[]) throws ClassNotFoundException, IDMapperEx
 		DataSourceTxt.init();
 		
 		// now we connect to the driver and create a IDMapper instance.
-		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect ("idmapper-bridgerest:http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
+		IDMapper mapper = BridgeDb.connect ("idmapper-bridgerest:https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human");
 		
 		String query = "3643";
 			
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest/src/org/bridgedb/webservice/bridgerest/BridgeRest.java b/org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest/src/org/bridgedb/webservice/bridgerest/BridgeRest.java
index 6062dcdc0..8adf39eae 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest/src/org/bridgedb/webservice/bridgerest/BridgeRest.java
+++ b/org.bridgedb.webservice.bridgerest/src/org/bridgedb/webservice/bridgerest/BridgeRest.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ private BufferedReader openReader() throws IOException
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * @param baseUrl base Url, e.g. http://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human or
+	 * @param baseUrl base Url, e.g. https://webservice.bridgedb.org/Human or
 	 * 	http://localhost:8182
 	 * @throws IDMapperException when service is unavailable 
 	 */