diff --git a/json-api/.env b/json-api/.env
index 22f6ee9..c9dd33f 100644
--- a/json-api/.env
+++ b/json-api/.env
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ SERVER_NAME="Freechat Dev Server"
 SERVER_DESCRIPTION="Server for sick development things"
 SERVER_HOSTNAME=localhost
 SERVER_PORT=4536
+SERVER_PROTOCOL=http
diff --git a/json-api/src/meta.rs b/json-api/src/meta.rs
index 349b97d..5f3f873 100644
--- a/json-api/src/meta.rs
+++ b/json-api/src/meta.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub name: String,
     pub description: String,
     pub hostname: String,
-    pub port: u16
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub protocol: String,
 }
 
 pub fn get_config() -> Config {
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ pub fn get_config() -> Config {
         description: var("SERVER_DESCRIPTION").unwrap_or("No description".into()),
         hostname: var("SERVER_HOSTNAME").expect("Couldn't get url from environment"),
         port: var("SERVER_PORT").expect("Couldn't get port from environment").parse::<u16>().unwrap(),
+        protocol: var("SERVER_PROTOCOL").expect("Couldn't get protocol from environment")
     }
 }