diff --git a/fillpdf.admin.inc b/fillpdf.admin.inc
index 4eaf0b6..24d5201 100644
--- a/fillpdf.admin.inc
+++ b/fillpdf.admin.inc
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ function fillpdf_settings(){
     '#default_value' => variable_get('fillpdf_api_key', ''), 
     '#description' => t('')
   );
+  $form['remote']['fillpdf_remote_protocol'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'radios',
+    '#title' => t('Use SSL?'),
+    '#description' => t('It is recommended to select <em>Yes</em> for this option. Doing so will help prevent
+      sensitive information in your PDFs from being intercepted in transit.'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('fillpdf_remote_protocol', 'http'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'http' => t('No'), 
+      'https' => t('Yes'),
+      ),
+    );
+
 	if(variable_get('fillpdf_api_key', '')==''){
 		$form['remote']['warning'] = array(
 	    '#type' => 'markup', 
diff --git a/fillpdf.module b/fillpdf.module
index 65592cd..6e57843 100644
--- a/fillpdf.module
+++ b/fillpdf.module
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Allows mappings of PDFs to site content
  */
 
-define("DEFAULT_SERVLET_URL", "http://fillpdf-service.com/xmlrpc.php");
+define("DEFAULT_SERVLET_URL", variable_get('fillpdf_remote_protocol', 'http') . "://fillpdf-service.com/xmlrpc.php");
 module_load_include('inc', 'fillpdf', 'fillpdf.admin');
 
 if(module_exists('webform')) //@@TODO refactor this, will post the webform_tokens module on D.O