diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
index 905ede2665..18da5fa8e9 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/compiler/compiler-imports.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ module.exports = class CompilerImports extends Plugin {
     this.fileManager = fileManager
     // const token = await this.call('settings', 'getGithubAccessToken')
     const token = globalRegistry.get('config').api.get('settings/gist-access-token') // TODO replace with the plugin call above https://github.com/ethereum/remix-ide/issues/2288
-    this.urlResolver = new RemixURLResolver(token)
+    const protocol = window.location.protocol
+    this.urlResolver = new RemixURLResolver(token, protocol)
     this.previouslyHandled = {} // cache import so we don't make the request at each compilation.
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/resolve.ts b/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/resolve.ts
index 5fca8647ff..4a99d8c408 100644
--- a/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/resolve.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/resolve.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ interface HandlerResponse {
 export class RemixURLResolver {
   private previouslyHandled: PreviouslyHandledImports
   gistAccessToken: string
+  protocol: string
 
-  constructor(gistToken?: string) {
+  constructor(gistToken?: string, protocol = 'http:') {
     this.previouslyHandled = {}
     this.gistAccessToken = gistToken ? gistToken : ''
+    this.protocol = protocol
   }
 
   /**
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ export class RemixURLResolver {
   async handleSwarm(url: string, cleanUrl: string): Promise<HandlerResponse> {
     //eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-catch
     try {
-      const bzz = new Bzz({url: 'http://swarm-gateways.net'});
+      const bzz = new Bzz({url: this.protocol + '//swarm-gateways.net'});
       const url = bzz.getDownloadURL(cleanUrl, {mode: 'raw'})
       const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(url)
       return { content: response.data, cleanUrl }