diff --git a/‎lib/bibref.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions b/‎lib/bibref.js‎
Lines changed: 2 additions & 2 deletions
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ function normalizeUrl(u) {
             return '';
         }
 
-        // If no protocol, try adding http:// for parsing
+        // If no protocol, default to https:// for security
         var urlToParse = u;
         if (!/^https?:\/\//.test(u)) {
-            urlToParse = 'http://' + u;
+            urlToParse = 'https://' + u;
         }
 
         var urlObj = new URL(urlToParse);
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ function normalizeUrl(u) {`
`120`	`120`	`return '';`
`121`	`121`	`}`
`122`	`122`
`123`		`- // If no protocol, try adding http:// for parsing`
	`123`	`+ // If no protocol, default to https:// for security`
`124`	`124`	`var urlToParse = u;`
`125`	`125`	`if (!/^https?:\/\//.test(u)) {`
`126`		`- urlToParse = 'http://' + u;`
	`126`	`+ urlToParse = 'https://' + u;`
`127`	`127`	`}`
`128`	`128`
`129`	`129`	`var urlObj = new URL(urlToParse);`