diff --git a/osc/conf.py b/osc/conf.py
index 2459a853..58f05d1c 100644
--- a/osc/conf.py
+++ b/osc/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ After reading the config, urllib2 is initialized.
 The configuration dictionary could look like this:
 
 {'apisrv': 'api.opensuse.org',
- 'scheme': 'https',
+ 'scheme': 'http',
  'user': 'poeml',
  'pass': 'secret',
  'auth_dict': {'api.opensuse.org': {'user': 'poeml', 'pass': 'secret'},
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import ConfigParser
 config = { }
 
 DEFAULTS = { 'apisrv': 'api.opensuse.org',
-             'scheme': 'http',
+             'scheme': 'https',
              'user': 'your_username',
              'pass': 'your_password',
              'packagecachedir': '/var/tmp/osbuild-packagecache',