diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
index ac015148..390053c1 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
         {
             remote_folder = remote_folder.Trim ("/".ToCharArray ());
 
+            if (server.StartsWith("http")) {
+                base.target_folder = target_folder;
+                base.remote_url    = server;
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Gitorious formatting
             if (server.Contains ("gitorious.org")) {
                 server = "ssh://git@gitorious.org";
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleIntro.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleIntro.cs
index 7a0478f1..e5ea2e26 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleIntro.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleIntro.cs
@@ -396,7 +396,10 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                     };
 
                     accept_button.Clicked += delegate {
-                        string url  = "ssh://git@" + server + "/" + folder;        
+                        string url  = "ssh://git@" + server + "/" + folder;
+                        if (server.StartsWith("http")) {
+                            url = server;
+                        }
                 
                         SparkleShare.Controller.FolderFetched += delegate {
                             Application.Invoke (delegate {