diff --git a/content/extra/.htaccess b/content/extra/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e2afc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/extra/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 3617532..4de29ad 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RSS_FEED_SUMMARY_ONLY = False
 EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
     # 'extra/robots.txt': {'path': 'robots.txt'},
     'extra/CNAME': {'path': 'CNAME'},
+    'extra/.htaccess': {'path': '.htaccess'},
     }
 
 # static paths will be copied without parsing their contents
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ STATIC_PATHS = [
     'images',
     # 'extra/robots.txt',
     'extra/CNAME',
+    'extra/.htaccess',
     # 'code',
     # 'notebooks'
     ]
diff --git a/publishconf.py b/publishconf.py
index b43dd4c..dedbd47 100644
--- a/publishconf.py
+++ b/publishconf.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 sys.path.append(os.curdir)
 from pelicanconf import *
 
-SITEURL = 'http://xsteadfastx.org'
+SITEURL = 'https://xsteadfastx.org'
 RELATIVE_URLS = False
 
 DELETE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = True
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ FEED_DOMAIN = SITEURL
 # Following items are often useful when publishing
 
 # PIWIK
-PIWIK_URL = 'piwik.luftmentsh.org'
-PIWIK_SITE_ID = 5
+#PIWIK_URL = 'piwik.luftmentsh.org'
+#PIWIK_SITE_ID = 5
 
 # DISQUS
 DISQUS_SITENAME = "xsteadfastx"