diff --git a/src/common/geopoints.py b/src/common/geopoints.py
index f5a389d..d294c65 100644
--- a/src/common/geopoints.py
+++ b/src/common/geopoints.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_geo_point_data(self, **kwargs) -> str:
             ret_val: str = ''
 
             # build the url to the TDS data
-            tds_svr = 'https://' + kwargs['tds_svr'] + '/thredds' + kwargs['url']
+            tds_svr = 'http://' + kwargs['tds_svr'] + '/thredds' + kwargs['url']
 
             # create a named tuple for the args to mimic the cli input
             argsNT: namedtuple = namedtuple('argsNT',