diff --git a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
index de72da031..5296e46f8 100644
--- a/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
+++ b/src/web/WebSchedulerService.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool WebSchedulerService::command(const char * name, const std::string & command
             commands(s, false);
             url.replace(q + 1, l, s);
         }
-        if (!url.find("http") && http.begin(url.c_str())) {
+        if (http.begin(url.c_str())) {
             // add any given headers
             for (JsonPair p : doc["header"].as<JsonObject>()) {
                 http.addHeader(p.key().c_str(), p.value().as<String>().c_str());
diff --git a/src/web/shuntingYard.hpp b/src/web/shuntingYard.hpp
index 46f5b2174..09e9fffcf 100644
--- a/src/web/shuntingYard.hpp
+++ b/src/web/shuntingYard.hpp
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ std::string compute(const std::string & expr) {
         if (DeserializationError::Ok == deserializeJson(doc, cmd)) {
             HTTPClient  http;
             std::string url = doc["url"] | "";
-            if (!url.find("http") && http.begin(url.c_str())) {
+            if (http.begin(url.c_str())) {
                 int httpResult = 0;
                 for (JsonPair p : doc["header"].as<JsonObject>()) {
                     http.addHeader(p.key().c_str(), p.value().as<std::string>().c_str());