diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/feeds_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/feeds_controller.rb
index 5d6482f..1a2875a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/feeds_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/feeds_controller.rb
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@ class Admin::FeedsController < OrbitAdminController
         puts url
 		uri = URI.parse(URI.decode(url).encode)
         begin
-            res = Timeout.timeout(10){Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body} 
+            res = Timeout.timeout(10){Net::HTTP.get_response(uri).body}
         rescue
-            res = nil
+            http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+            http.use_ssl = true if (uri.scheme == "https")
+            http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+            res = http.get(uri.request_uri).body rescue nil
             puts uri.to_s
             puts uri.hostname
         end