1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/overwrite.rb b/lib/overwrite.rb
index d1f3d9d..10a68e7 100644
--- a/lib/overwrite.rb
+++ b/lib/overwrite.rb
@@ -91,13 +91,15 @@ module URI
   def self.accessible?(uri, subjectid=nil)
     parsed_uri = URI.parse(uri + (subjectid ? "?subjectid=#{CGI.escape subjectid}" : ""))
     http_code = URI.task?(uri) ? 600 : 400
-    unless URI.ssl? uri
-      Net::HTTP.get_response(parsed_uri).code.to_i < http_code
+    unless (URI.ssl? uri) == true
+      http = Net::HTTP.new(parsed_uri.host, parsed_uri.port)
+      request = Net::HTTP::Head.new(parsed_uri.request_uri)
+      http.request(request).code.to_i < http_code
     else
       http = Net::HTTP.new(parsed_uri.host, parsed_uri.port)
       http.use_ssl = true
       http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
-      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(parsed_uri.request_uri)
+      request = Net::HTTP::Head.new(parsed_uri.request_uri)
       http.request(request).code.to_i < http_code
     end
   rescue