diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.0.4
+
+* stackage-init now uses https [#34](https://github.com/fpco/stackage-cli/pull/34)
+
 ## 0.0.0.3
 
 * Works with older versions of parsec [#28](https://github.com/fpco/stackage-cli/issues/28)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 stackage-cli
 ============
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/fpco/stackage-cli.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/fpco/stackage-cli)
+
 A command-line interface for leveraging stackage.
 
 You must have `ghc`, `ghc-pkg`, and `cabal` on your $PATH. This program will make various calls to those executables on your behalf.
diff --git a/main/Init.hs b/main/Init.hs
--- a/main/Init.hs
+++ b/main/Init.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 import Network.HTTP.Client
+import Network.HTTP.Client.TLS (tlsManagerSettings)
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Status (statusCode)
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Header (hUserAgent)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
   mods = (metavar "SNAPSHOT" <> value "lts")
 
 toUrl :: Snapshot -> String
-toUrl t = "http://stackage.org/" <> t <> "/cabal.config"
+toUrl t = "https://www.stackage.org/" <> t <> "/cabal.config"
 
 snapshotReq :: Snapshot -> IO Request
 snapshotReq snapshot = case parseUrl (toUrl snapshot) of
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
     }
 
 downloadSnapshot :: Snapshot -> IO LBS.ByteString
-downloadSnapshot snapshot = withManager defaultManagerSettings $ \manager -> do
+downloadSnapshot snapshot = withManager tlsManagerSettings $ \manager -> do
   let getResponseLbs req = do
         response <- httpLbs req manager
         return $ responseBody response
diff --git a/main/Main.hs b/main/Main.hs
--- a/main/Main.hs
+++ b/main/Main.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import           Control.Applicative
 import           Control.Exception (catch)
 import           Control.Monad
+import           Data.Monoid ((<>))    
 import           Data.Maybe (isJust)
 import           Data.List as List
 import           Data.Text (Text)
@@ -14,13 +15,13 @@
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
 import           Stackage.CLI
 import           System.Environment
-import           System.IO (hPutStr, stderr)
+import           System.IO (stderr)
 import           System.Exit
 import qualified Paths_stackage_cli as CabalInfo
 
 onPluginErr :: PluginException -> IO ()
 onPluginErr (PluginNotFound _ name) = do
-  hPutStr stderr $ "Stackage plugin unavailable: " ++ T.unpack name
+  T.hPutStr stderr $ "Stackage plugin unavailable: " <> name
   exitFailure
 onPluginErr (PluginExitFailure _ i) = do
   exitWith (ExitFailure i)
diff --git a/stackage-cli.cabal b/stackage-cli.cabal
--- a/stackage-cli.cabal
+++ b/stackage-cli.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                stackage-cli
-version:             0.0.0.3
+version:             0.0.0.4
 synopsis:
   A CLI library for stackage commands
 description:
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 category: Development
 extra-source-files:  README.md ChangeLog.md
 
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git://github.com/fpco/stackage-cli.git
+
 library
   hs-source-dirs: src/
   exposed-modules:
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@
     , system-fileio
     , optparse-applicative
     , http-client
+    , http-client-tls
     , http-types
     , bytestring
   default-language:    Haskell2010