diff --git a/contrib/rss_comments/main.php b/contrib/rss_comments/main.php
index 23e5150a..c432905b 100644
--- a/contrib/rss_comments/main.php
+++ b/contrib/rss_comments/main.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class RSS_Comments extends SimpleExtension {
 			}
 
 			$title = $config->get_string('title');
-			$base_href = $config->get_string('base_href');
+			$base_href = make_http($config->get_string('base_href'));
 			$version = $config->get_string('version');
 			$xml = <<<EOD
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
diff --git a/contrib/rss_images/main.php b/contrib/rss_images/main.php
index fbbc18b5..0cf38e64 100644
--- a/contrib/rss_images/main.php
+++ b/contrib/rss_images/main.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class RSS_Images extends SimpleExtension {
 		}
 
 		$title = $config->get_string('title');
-		$base_href = $config->get_string('base_href');
+		$base_href = make_http($config->get_string('base_href'));
 		$search = "";
 		if(count($search_terms) > 0) {
 			$search = html_escape(implode(" ", $search_terms)) . "/";