diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/config.html b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
index 4993192d..4c39f17d 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/config.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/config.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 <td>
                     <h3>SABnzbd Host:</h3><input type="text" name="sab_host" value="${config['sab_host']}" size="30" maxlength="40"><br>
 
-                    <i class="smalltext">usually localhost:8080</i>
+                    <i class="smalltext">usually http://localhost:8080</i>
                 </td>
 
                 <td>
diff --git a/headphones/sab.py b/headphones/sab.py
index d6433ce7..8c20d717 100644
--- a/headphones/sab.py
+++ b/headphones/sab.py
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ def sendNZB(nzb):
         params['mode'] = 'addfile'
         multiPartParams = {"nzbfile": (nzb.name+".nzb", nzb.extraInfo[0])}
 
-    url = "http://" + headphones.SAB_HOST + "/" + "api?" + urllib.urlencode(params)
+    if not headphones.SAB_HOST.startswith('http://') or headphones.SAB_HOST.startswith('https://'):
+    	headphones.SAB_HOST = 'http://' + headphones.SAB_HOST
+    
+    url = headphones.SAB_HOST + "/" + "api?" + urllib.urlencode(params)
 
     try: