diff --git a/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/HgncAnnotator.java b/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/HgncAnnotator.java
index e1ba07247e5c8682f234dec0a6642e8caec5758b..a542728437b4eba270c3abad9439ccca70c5a25e 100644
--- a/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/HgncAnnotator.java
+++ b/annotation/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/annotation/services/annotators/HgncAnnotator.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import lcsb.mapviewer.modelutils.map.ElementUtils;
 
 /**
  * This class is responsible for connecting to
- * <a href="http://rest.genenames.org/">HGNC restfull API</a> and annotate
+ * <a href="https://rest.genenames.org/">HGNC restfull API</a> and annotate
  * elements with information taken from this service.
  * 
  * 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class HgncAnnotator extends ElementAnnotator implements IExternalService
 	/**
 	 * Address of HGNC API that should be used for retrieving data.
 	 */
-	private static final String REST_API_URL = "http://rest.genenames.org/fetch/";
+	private static final String REST_API_URL = "https://rest.genenames.org/fetch/";
 
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor.