diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index ecf52a8..2f70e80 100644
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var util = require('util');
-var http = require('http');
+var https = require('https');
 var parameters = require('./parameters');
 var ApiHttpError = require('./errors').ApiHttpError;
 var OAuthError = require('./errors').OAuthError;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function dispatchSecure(path, httpMethod, requestData, headers, authtype,
 function dispatch(url, httpMethod, data, headers, hostInfo, credentials,
 		logger, callback) {
 
-	hostInfo.port = hostInfo.port || 80;
+	hostInfo.port = hostInfo.port || 443;
 
 	var apiRequest, prop, hasErrored;
 	var mergedHeaders = createHeaders(hostInfo.host, headers);
@@ -222,17 +222,17 @@ function dispatch(url, httpMethod, data, headers, hostInfo, credentials,
 		url = url + '?' + qs.stringify(data);
 	}
 
-	logger.info(util.format('%s: http://%s:%s%s', httpMethod,
+	logger.info(util.format('%s: https://%s:%s%s', httpMethod,
 		hostInfo.host, hostInfo.port, url));
 	logHeaders(logger, mergedHeaders);
 
 	// Make the request
-	apiRequest = http.request({
+	apiRequest = https.request({
 		method: httpMethod,
 		hostname: hostInfo.host,
 		// Force scheme to http for browserify otherwise it will pick up the
 		// scheme from window.location.protocol which is app:// in firefoxos
-		scheme: 'http',
+		scheme: 'https',
 		// Set this so browserify doesn't set it to true on the xhr, which
 		// causes an http status of 0 and empty response text as it forces
 		// the XHR to do a pre-flight access-control check and the API
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 167dbc4..3626c51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "7digital-api",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "7digital API client for nodeJS",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/7digital/7digital-api",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/test/request-test.js b/test/request-test.js
index 47e0f4f..fb82c93 100644
--- a/test/request-test.js
+++ b/test/request-test.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('request', function () {
 		it('calls back with the error', function (done) {
 			var logger = { info: _.noop, error: _.noop };
 			var hostInfo = {
-				port: 80,
+				port: 443,
 				host: 'wibble'
 			};
 			request.dispatch('', 'GET', {}, {}, hostInfo, {}, logger,