diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
index 8a9b7a5d5..a7bebdb6d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
             set { SetValue("SabOlderTvPriority", value); }
         }
 
+        public bool SabUseSsl
+        {
+            get { return GetValueBoolean("SabUseSsl", false); }
+
+            set { SetValue("SabUseSsl", value); }
+        }
+
         public String DownloadedEpisodesFolder
         {
             get { return GetValue(ConfigKey.DownloadedEpisodesFolder.ToString()); }
@@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
 
         public DownloadClientType DownloadClient
         {
-            get { return GetValueEnum("DownloadClient", DownloadClientType.Sabnzbd); }
+            get { return GetValueEnum("DownloadClient", DownloadClientType.Blackhole); }
 
             set { SetValue("DownloadClient", value); }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
index d84ed272b..e226740b0 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
         String SabTvCategory { get; set; }
         SabPriorityType SabRecentTvPriority { get; set; }
         SabPriorityType SabOlderTvPriority { get; set; }
+        Boolean SabUseSsl { get; set; }
         String DownloadedEpisodesFolder { get; set; }
         bool UseSeasonFolder { get; set; }
         string SeasonFolderFormat { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
index 7a6eac544..817f3a30d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
 
         private string GetSabRequest(string action)
         {
-            return string.Format(@"http://{0}:{1}/api?{2}&apikey={3}&ma_username={4}&ma_password={5}",
+            var protocol = _configService.SabUseSsl ? "https" : "http";
+
+            return string.Format(@"{0}://{1}:{2}/api?{3}&apikey={4}&ma_username={5}&ma_password={6}",
+                                 protocol,
                                  _configService.SabHost,
                                  _configService.SabPort,
                                  action,
diff --git a/src/UI/Settings/DownloadClient/SabViewTemplate.html b/src/UI/Settings/DownloadClient/SabViewTemplate.html
index 25ae6e74a..39e194aa0 100644
--- a/src/UI/Settings/DownloadClient/SabViewTemplate.html
+++ b/src/UI/Settings/DownloadClient/SabViewTemplate.html
@@ -96,4 +96,25 @@
             </span>
         </div>
     </div>
+
+    <div class="control-group">
+        <label class="control-label">Use SSL</label>
+
+        <div class="controls">
+            <label class="checkbox toggle well">
+                <input type="checkbox" name="sabUseSsl" class="x-ssl"/>
+
+                <p>
+                    <span>Yes</span>
+                    <span>No</span>
+                </p>
+
+                <div class="btn btn-primary slide-button"/>
+            </label>
+
+                <span class="help-inline-checkbox">
+                    <i class="icon-nd-form-info" title="Connect to SABnzbd over SSL"/>
+                </span>
+        </div>
+    </div>
 </fieldset>
diff --git a/src/UI/Settings/Quality/QualityLayoutTemplate.html b/src/UI/Settings/Quality/QualityLayoutTemplate.html
index eb7bc8890..5954e5eb4 100644
--- a/src/UI/Settings/Quality/QualityLayoutTemplate.html
+++ b/src/UI/Settings/Quality/QualityLayoutTemplate.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <br/>
-        
+
 <div class="row advanced-setting">
     <div class="span12" id="quality-size"/>
 </div>