diff --git a/tscached/handler_meta.py b/tscached/handler_meta.py
index 6f3481c..93c5662 100644
--- a/tscached/handler_meta.py
+++ b/tscached/handler_meta.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def metadata_caching(config, name, endpoint, post_data=None):
         return get_result, 200
     else:
         logging.info('Meta Endpoint MISS: %s' % redis_key)
-        url = 'http://%s:%s%s' % (config['kairosdb']['host'], config['kairosdb']['port'], endpoint)
+        url = 'https://%s:%s%s' % (config['kairosdb']['host'], config['kairosdb']['port'], endpoint)
 
         try:
             if post_data:
diff --git a/tscached/utils.py b/tscached/utils.py
index 645ab9b..9a743dd 100644
--- a/tscached/utils.py
+++ b/tscached/utils.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def query_kairos(kairos_host, kairos_port, query, propagate=True):
         :raise: BackendQueryFailure if the operation doesn't succeed.
     """
     try:
-        url = 'http://%s:%s/api/v1/datapoints/query' % (kairos_host, kairos_port)
+        url = 'https://%s:%s/api/v1/datapoints/query' % (kairos_host, kairos_port)
         r = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(query))
         value = json.loads(r.text)
         if r.status_code / 100 != 2: