diff --git a/nuztf/ampel_api.py b/nuztf/ampel_api.py
index 8be15a6..805f35f 100644
--- a/nuztf/ampel_api.py
+++ b/nuztf/ampel_api.py
@@ -352,6 +352,63 @@ def ampel_api_lightcurve(
     return query_res
 
 
+@backoff.on_exception(
+    backoff.expo,
+    requests.exceptions.RequestException,
+    max_time=600,
+)
+def ampel_api_alerts(
+    ztf_name: str,
+    t_min_jd=Time("2017-01-01T00:00:00.0", format="isot", scale="utc").jd,
+    t_max_jd=Time.now().jd,
+    program_id: int = None,
+    logger=None,
+) -> list:
+    """
+    Function to query ampel via name, returns a virtual alert
+    constructed by AMPEL containing ALL photopoints and upper limits
+
+    """
+
+    if logger is None:
+        logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+    if program_id is None:
+        queryurl_lightcurve = (
+            API_ZTF_ARCHIVE_URL + f"/object/{ztf_name}/alerts?jd_start={t_min_jd}&"
+            f"jd_end={t_max_jd}&with_history=true"
+        )
+    else:
+        queryurl_lightcurve = (
+            API_ZTF_ARCHIVE_URL + f"/object/{ztf_name}/alerts?jd_start={t_min_jd}&"
+            f"jd_end={t_max_jd}&programid={program_id}"
+        )
+
+    logger.debug(queryurl_lightcurve)
+
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {ampel_api_archive_token}"}
+
+    response = requests.get(
+        queryurl_lightcurve,
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+
+    if response.status_code == 503:
+        if response.headers:
+            logger.debug(response.headers)
+        raise requests.exceptions.RequestException
+
+    try:
+        query_res = [response.json()]
+
+    except JSONDecodeError:
+        if response.headers:
+            logger.debug(response.headers)
+        raise requests.exceptions.RequestException
+
+    return query_res
+
+
 @backoff.on_exception(
     backoff.expo,
     requests.exceptions.RequestException,
diff --git a/nuztf/skymap.py b/nuztf/skymap.py
index 6db0a26..0a5c16d 100644
--- a/nuztf/skymap.py
+++ b/nuztf/skymap.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.skymap_path = SKYMAP_DIR.joinpath(basename)
             self.rev = None
 
-            if event[:8] == "https://":
+            if (event[:8] == "https://") | (event[:7] == "http://"):
                 if not self.skymap_path.exists():
                     self.logger.info(f"Downloading from: {event}")
                     wget.download(event, str(self.skymap_path))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 773b2bd..ee473dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ gunicorn = {version = ">=20.1,<23.0", optional = true}
 slackeventsapi = {version = "^3.0.1", optional = true}
 
 
+
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "^24.4.2"
 coverage = "^6.0"