diff --git a/apache/lib/common b/apache/lib/common
index d884cb9f..8ed0a294 100644
--- a/apache/lib/common
+++ b/apache/lib/common
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ $(if [ "$custom_rules" ]; then
     echo "- |"$'\n'"$(echo "$custom_rules" | prefix "  ")"
   fi)"
             fi
+            relation-set protocol https
+        else
+            ## Both services are available and different, don't do anything then ?
+            #relation-set protocol https
+            :
         fi
+    else
+        relation-set protocol http
     fi
     vhost_statement=$(apache_vhost_statement "$PROTOCOLS") || return 1
     echo "$vhost_statement"| file_put "$APACHE_CONFIG_LOCATION/$prefix$DOMAIN.conf" || return 1
diff --git a/apache/test/vhost_files b/apache/test/vhost_files
index dadeb0fa..2b4d5fef 100644
--- a/apache/test/vhost_files
+++ b/apache/test/vhost_files
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ export SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE='\$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE'
 DOMAIN=www.example.com
 DOCKER_SITE_PATH=/var/www/\$DOMAIN
 apache_vhost_create"
-noerror
+is errlvl 0
+is err part "\
+relation-set protocol:
+  | http"
 is out reg '^file_put \$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE/.*/www.example.com.conf'
 
 try "
@@ -107,6 +110,9 @@ ssl: true
 apache_vhost_create"
 is errlvl 0
 is err part "## Auto-redirection from http to https"
+is err part "\
+relation-set protocol:
+  | https"
 is out reg '^file_put \$SERVICE_CONFIGSTORE/.*/www.example.com.conf'
 
 
@@ -127,6 +133,9 @@ ssl:
 apache_vhost_create"
 is errlvl 0
 is err part "## Auto-redirection from http to https"
+is err part "\
+relation-set protocol:
+  | https"
 is out part 'file_put $CONFIGSTORE/$BASE_SERVICE_NAME/etc/ssl/certs/www.example.com.pem
   | c'
 is out part 'file_put $CONFIGSTORE/$BASE_SERVICE_NAME/etc/ssl/private/www.example.com.key
@@ -150,7 +159,10 @@ creds:
   toto: xxx
 '
 apache_vhost_create"
-noerror
+is errlvl 0
+is err part "\
+relation-set protocol:
+  | http"
 is out reg "htpasswd -bc '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/www.example.com.passwd' 'toto' 'xxx'"
 is out reg 'docker run -i --entrypoint /bin/bash .* docker/apache'
 
diff --git a/gitea/hooks/web_proxy-relation-joined b/gitea/hooks/web_proxy-relation-joined
index 6fa2f4c8..aa0272aa 100755
--- a/gitea/hooks/web_proxy-relation-joined
+++ b/gitea/hooks/web_proxy-relation-joined
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set -e
 . lib/common
 
 DOMAIN=$(relation-get domain) || exit 1
+PROTO=$(relation-get protocol) || true
+PROTO=${PROTO:-https}
 
-ini set server ROOT_URL "http://$DOMAIN/"
-ini set server SSH_DOMAIN "$DOMAIN"
-
+ini set server ROOT_URL "$PROTO://$DOMAIN/"
+ini set server SSH_DOMAIN "$DOMAIN"
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