diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/templates/settings.py b/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/templates/settings.py
index e248dc7b27..c6138d23ad 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/templates/settings.py
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/waiverdb/templates/settings.py
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ MESSAGE_BUS_PUBLISH = True
 AUTH_METHOD = 'OIDC'
 OIDC_REQUIRED_SCOPE = 'https://waiverdb.fedoraproject.org/oidc/create-waiver'
 OIDC_CLIENT_SECRETS = '/etc/secret/client_secrets.json'
+PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME='https'
 SUPERUSERS = ['bodhi@service']
 PORT = 8080