diff --git a/config/initializers/00_constants.rb b/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
index 22424ada..d1ce75e1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 MIN_MINUTES_SPENT_IN_CITY = ENV.fetch('MIN_MINUTES_SPENT_IN_CITY', 60).to_i
 REVERSE_GEOCODING_ENABLED = ENV.fetch('REVERSE_GEOCODING_ENABLED', 'true') == 'true'
 PHOTON_API_HOST = ENV.fetch('PHOTON_API_HOST', nil)
+PHOTON_API_USE_HTTPS = ENV.fetch('PHOTON_API_USE_HTTPS', 'true') == 'true'
 DISTANCE_UNIT = ENV.fetch('DISTANCE_UNIT', 'km').to_sym
diff --git a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
index 0d0c1660..f3471f7f 100644
--- a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ settings = {
 
 if defined?(PHOTON_API_HOST)
   settings[:lookup] = :photon
-  settings[:photon] = { host: PHOTON_API_HOST }
+  settings[:photon] = { use_https: PHOTON_API_USE_HTTPS, host: PHOTON_API_HOST }
 end
 
 Geocoder.configure(settings)