diff --git a/scripts/graphConf.js b/scripts/graphConf.js
index 8a0b882..e565283 100644
--- a/scripts/graphConf.js
+++ b/scripts/graphConf.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const host = false;
 // For implementations like Neptune where only single commands are allowed per request
 // set to true
 const SINGLE_COMMANDS_AND_NO_VARS = false;
+// For implementations like Neptune where communication only over https is allowed
+// set to true
+const REST_USE_HTTPS = false;
 
 // Time out for the REST protocol. Increase it if the graphDB is slow.
 const REST_TIMEOUT = 2000 
diff --git a/scripts/graphioGremlin.js b/scripts/graphioGremlin.js
index e3f5b89..6b73d65 100644
--- a/scripts/graphioGremlin.js
+++ b/scripts/graphioGremlin.js
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ var graphioGremlin = (function(){
 		let server_port = $('#server_port').val();
 		let COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL = $('#server_protocol').val();
 			if (COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL == 'REST'){
-				let server_url = "http://"+server_address+":"+server_port;
+				if(REST_USE_HTTPS){
+					let server_url = "https://"+server_address+":"+server_port;
+				} else{
+					let server_url = "http://"+server_address+":"+server_port;
+				}
 				run_ajax_request(gremlin_query,server_url,query_type,active_node,message,callback);
 			}
 			else if (COMMUNICATION_PROTOCOL == 'websocket'){