diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9aefab6e..08fab68e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 * Change if old scandir binary module is installed, fallback to slow Python module and inform user to upgrade binary
 * Update SimpleJSON 3.13.2 (6ffddbe) to 3.16.0 (e2a54f7)
 * Update unidecode module 1.0.22 (81f938d) to 1.0.22 (578cdb9)
+* Change site services tester to fallback to http if error with SSL
 
 
 [develop changelog]
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 901095d6..5b1e72a5 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -5347,7 +5347,19 @@ class History(MainHandler):
         result = {}
 
         if site_url:
-            resp = helpers.getURL('https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/check.php?domain=%s' % site_url)
+            import requests
+            down_url = 'www.isitdownrightnow.com'
+            proto = 'https'
+            try:
+                requests.head('%s://%s' % (proto, down_url), timeout=5)
+            except (StandardError, Exception):
+                proto = 'http'
+                try:
+                    requests.head('%s://%s' % (proto, down_url), timeout=5)
+                except (StandardError, Exception):
+                    return json.dumps(result)
+
+            resp = helpers.getURL('%s://%s/check.php?domain=%s' % (proto, down_url, site_url))
             if resp:
                 check = resp.lower()
                 day = re.findall(r'(\d+)\s*(?:day)', check)