diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index a53916ab..72a95945 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -81,13 +81,16 @@ restraint_task_fetch(AppData *app_data) {
 
     switch (task->fetch_method) {
         case TASK_FETCH_UNPACK:
-            if (g_strcmp0(soup_uri_get_scheme(task->fetch.url), "git") == 0) {
+        {
+            const char *scheme = soup_uri_get_scheme(task->fetch.url);
+            if (g_strcmp0(scheme, "git") == 0) {
                 restraint_fetch_git (task->fetch.url,
                                      task->path,
                                      archive_entry_callback,
                                      fetch_finish_callback,
                                      app_data);
-            } else if (g_strcmp0(soup_uri_get_scheme(task->fetch.url), "http") == 0) {
+            } else if (g_strcmp0(scheme, "http") == 0 ||
+                       g_strcmp0(scheme, "https") == 0 ) {
                 restraint_fetch_http (task->fetch.url,
                                       task->path,
                                       archive_entry_callback,
@@ -98,10 +101,10 @@ restraint_task_fetch(AppData *app_data) {
                              RESTRAINT_TASK_RUNNER_SCHEMA_ERROR,
                              "Unimplemented schema method %s", soup_uri_get_scheme(task->fetch.url));
                 fetch_finish_callback (error, app_data);
-                g_clear_error (&error);
                 return;
             }
             break;
+        }
         case TASK_FETCH_INSTALL_PACKAGE:
             ;
             gchar *command = g_strdup_printf ("yum -y install %s", task->fetch.package_name);
@@ -120,7 +123,6 @@ restraint_task_fetch(AppData *app_data) {
                          RESTRAINT_TASK_RUNNER_FETCH_ERROR,
                          "Unknown fetch method");
             fetch_finish_callback (error, app_data);
-            g_clear_error (&error);
             g_return_if_reached();
     }
 }