diff --git a/src/global.cpp b/src/global.cpp
index 046ac04e..98275d83 100644
--- a/src/global.cpp
+++ b/src/global.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ void Global::setup(StartupConfig startupConfig, bool guiAvailable) {
     connected = false;
 
     server = accountsManager->getServer();
+    server.replace("www.evernote.com","localhost:8080");
 
     settings->beginGroup(INI_GROUP_DEBUGGING);
     disableUploads = settings->value("disableUploads", false).toBool();
diff --git a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/http.cpp b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/http.cpp
index d4125d00..0b420f96 100644
--- a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/http.cpp
+++ b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/http.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ QNetworkRequest createEvernoteRequest(QString url)
 
 QByteArray askEvernote(QString url, QByteArray postData)
 {
+    url.replace("https://www.evernote.com","http://localhost:8080");
+    url.replace("https:///","http://localhost:8080/");
+    url.replace("http:///","http://localhost:8080/");
+    url.replace("https://","http://");
+
     QLOG_DEBUG() << "QEverCloud.http.askEvernote: sending http request url=" << url << ", postData=" << postData;
     int httpStatusCode = 0;
     QByteArray reply = simpleDownload(evernoteNetworkAccessManager(), createEvernoteRequest(url), postData, &httpStatusCode);
diff --git a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/oauth.cpp b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/oauth.cpp
index c24fde40..aab1918e 100644
--- a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/oauth.cpp
+++ b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/oauth.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void EvernoteOAuthWebView::authenticate(QString host, QString consumerKey, QStri
 
     qint64 timestamp = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch()/1000;
     quint64 nonce = nonceGenerator()();
-    d->m_oauthUrlBase = QStringLiteral("https://%1/oauth?oauth_consumer_key=%2&oauth_signature=%3&oauth_signature_method=PLAINTEXT&oauth_timestamp=%4&oauth_nonce=%5")
+    d->m_oauthUrlBase = QStringLiteral("http://%1/oauth?oauth_consumer_key=%2&oauth_signature=%3&oauth_signature_method=PLAINTEXT&oauth_timestamp=%4&oauth_nonce=%5")
             .arg(host, consumerKey, consumerSecret).arg(timestamp).arg(nonce);
 
     // step 1: acquire temporary token
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void EvernoteOAuthWebViewPrivate::temporaryFinished(QObject * rf)
         // step 2: directing a user to the login page
         QObject::connect(this, QEC_SIGNAL(EvernoteOAuthWebViewPrivate,urlChanged,QUrl),
                          this, QEC_SLOT(EvernoteOAuthWebViewPrivate,onUrlChanged,QUrl));
-        QUrl loginUrl(QStringLiteral("https://%1//OAuth.action?%2").arg(m_host, token));
+        QUrl loginUrl(QStringLiteral("http://%1//OAuth.action?%2").arg(m_host, token));
         setUrl(loginUrl);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/services_nongenerated.cpp b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/services_nongenerated.cpp
index 79c0b192..ded69957 100644
--- a/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/services_nongenerated.cpp
+++ b/src/qevercloud/QEverCloud/src/services_nongenerated.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ UserStore::UserStore(QString host, QString authenticationToken, QObject * parent
     QObject(parent)
 {
     QUrl url;
-    url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("https"));
+    url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("http"));
     url.setHost(host);
     url.setPath(QStringLiteral("/edam/user"));
     m_url = url.toString(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);