diff --git a/lib/api.js b/lib/api.js
index 2c5b026..edc4cfa 100644
--- a/lib/api.js
+++ b/lib/api.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ function api(host) {
         
   if(typeof host == 'string')
   {
+      if (host.indexOf('http') !== 0) {
+          host = 'http://' + host;
+      }
       hostParts = Url.parse(host);
       
       if(hostParts.auth)