diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 9f2214f8a9f..81da8c5190d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 Burcu Dogan <jbd@google.com>
 Johan Euphrosine <proppy@google.com>
+Marco Ziccardi <marco.ziccard@gmail.com>
 Patrick Costello <pcostell@google.com>
 Silvano Luciani <silvano@google.com>
 Stephen Sawchuk <sawchuk@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lib/storage/file.js b/lib/storage/file.js
index c9389e10f5f..c5d7ca3407c 100644
--- a/lib/storage/file.js
+++ b/lib/storage/file.js
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ File.prototype.getSignedUrl = function(options, callback) {
     var signature = sign.sign(credentials.private_key, 'base64');
 
     callback(null, [
-      'http://storage.googleapis.com' + options.resource,
+      'https://storage.googleapis.com' + options.resource,
       '?GoogleAccessId=' + credentials.client_email,
       '&Expires=' + options.expires,
       '&Signature=' + encodeURIComponent(signature)