diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/HttpsConnection.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/HttpsConnection.java
index 0b71fc085..016f97555 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/HttpsConnection.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/HttpsConnection.java
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ public class HttpsConnection {
 
         URL url = new URL(urlConnection);
         if (proxy != null)
-            httpURLConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection(proxy);
+            httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(proxy);
         else
-            httpURLConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+            httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         httpURLConnection.setConnectTimeout(30 * 1000);
         httpURLConnection.setRequestProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");
         httpURLConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");