diff --git a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
index c2cc46007dab43847426cdf4ea6d9db96d0aa49a..e9a29d999321d70dca6d0cfa47cad7c4a4b05e55 100755
--- a/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
+++ b/sgx-bwmsgsv2.rb
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ module SGXbwmsgsv2
 		end
 
 		EM::HttpRequest.new(
-			url_prefix + pth
+			URI.parse(url_prefix + pth), tls: {verify_peer: true}
 		).public_send(
 			"a#{m}",
 			head: {
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ module SGXbwmsgsv2
 			return to_catapult(s, nil, num_dest, user_id, token, secret, usern)
 		end
 
-		EM::HttpRequest.new(un.text, tls: {verify_peer: true}).ahead.then { |http|
+		EM::HttpRequest.new(URI.parse(un.text), tls: {verify_peer: true}).ahead.then { |http|
 			# If content is too large, or MIME type is not supported, place the link inside the body and do not send MMS.
 			if http.response_header["CONTENT_LENGTH"].to_i > 3500000 ||
 			   !MMS_MIME_TYPES.include?(http.response_header["CONTENT_TYPE"])