diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5b048dddf5..942cec9b38 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 # Please keep the list sorted.
 
+Alex Cohn <alex@alexcohn.com>
 Comodo CA Limited
 Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
 Fiaz Hossain <fiaz.hossain@salesforce.com>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index e2c0451bf8..4d04dc6a3d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 Adam Eijdenberg <eijdenberg@google.com> <adam.eijdenberg@gmail.com>
 Al Cutter <al@google.com>
+Alex Cohn <alex@alexcohn.com>
 Ben Laurie <benl@google.com> <ben@links.org>
 Chris Kennelly <ckennelly@google.com> <ckennelly@ckennelly.com>
 David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com>
diff --git a/client/ctclient/cmd/root.go b/client/ctclient/cmd/root.go
index dace0da748..c67cb7c1dd 100644
--- a/client/ctclient/cmd/root.go
+++ b/client/ctclient/cmd/root.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func connect(ctx context.Context) *client.LogClient {
 			}
 			klog.Exitf("Multiple logs with name like %q found in loglist: %s", logName, strings.Join(logNames, ","))
 		}
-		uri = "https://" + logs[0].URL
+		uri = logs[0].URL
 		if opts.PublicKey == "" {
 			opts.PublicKeyDER = logs[0].Key
 		}