diff --git a/koch.nim b/koch.nim
index b1ab07e35e..f21b904ab4 100644
--- a/koch.nim
+++ b/koch.nim
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ proc bundleWinTools() =
   copyExe("tools/finish".exe, "finish".exe)
   removeFile("tools/finish".exe)
   nimexec("c -o:bin/vccexe.exe tools/vccenv/vccexe")
-  nimexec(r"c --cc:vcc --app:gui -o:downloader.exe --noNimblePath " &
+  nimexec(r"c --cc:vcc --app:gui -o:bin\downloader.exe -d:ssl --noNimblePath " &
           r"--path:..\ui tools\downloader.nim")
 
 proc zip(args: string) =
diff --git a/tools/downloader.nim b/tools/downloader.nim
index dc7b636aa8..511e37f81b 100644
--- a/tools/downloader.nim
+++ b/tools/downloader.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ proc download(pkg: string; c: Controls) {.async.} =
 
   client.onProgressChanged = onProgressChanged
   # XXX give a destination filename instead
-  let contents = await client.getContent("http://nim-lang.org/download/" & pkg & ".zip")
+  let contents = await client.getContent("https://nim-lang.org/download/" & pkg & ".zip")
   let z = "dist" / pkg & ".zip"
   # XXX make this async somehow:
   writeFile(z, contents)