diff --git a/nomad/app/api/upload.py b/nomad/app/api/upload.py
index 5f6ae42d92e3ec5d11dc16c734bef4726a093d28..8bfd97a70f6774148e0dee9c36c012ae8416c166 100644
--- a/nomad/app/api/upload.py
+++ b/nomad/app/api/upload.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class UploadCommandResource(Resource):
     def get(self):
         """ Get url and example command for shell based uploads. """
         token = generate_upload_token(g.user)
-        upload_url = '%s/uploads/?token=%s' % (config.api_url(), token)
+        upload_url = '%s/uploads/?token=%s' % (config.api_url(ssl=False), token)
         upload_url_with_name = upload_url + '&name=<name>'
 
         # upload_command = 'curl -X PUT "%s" -F file=@<local_file>' % upload_url