diff --git a/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
index d720a9436..646de33b0 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
                 // process the next hyperlink
                 nextUrl = nextEntry.getKey();
                 String u = nextUrl.toNormalform(true, true, false, true);
-                if (!(u.startsWith("http://") || u.startsWith("ftp://") || u.startsWith("smb://") || u.startsWith("file://"))) continue;
+                if (!(u.startsWith("http://") || u.startsWith("https://") || u.startsWith("ftp://") || u.startsWith("smb://") || u.startsWith("file://"))) continue;
                 // enqueue the hyperlink into the pre-notice-url db
                 try {
                     crawlStacker.enqueueEntry(new Request(