diff --git a/js/assets.js b/js/assets.js
index 8b2035c06..b9d732f83 100644
--- a/js/assets.js
+++ b/js/assets.js
@@ -411,12 +411,10 @@ var updateFromRemote = function(details, callback) {
     // - a github repo URL
     var getThirdpartyHomeURL = function() {
         // If it is a 3rd-party, look-up home server URL, if any.
-        if ( targetPath.indexOf('assets/thirdparties/') === 0 ) {
-            homeURL = targetPath.replace('assets/thirdparties/', '');
-            if ( thirdpartyHomeURLs && thirdpartyHomeURLs[homeURL] ) {
-                homeURL = thirdpartyHomeURLs[homeURL];
-            } else {
-                homeURL = 'http://' + homeURL;
+        if ( thirdpartyHomeURLs && targetPath.indexOf('assets/thirdparties/') === 0 ) {
+            var k = targetPath.replace('assets/thirdparties/', '');
+            if ( thirdpartyHomeURLs[k] ) {
+                homeURL = thirdpartyHomeURLs[k];
             }
         }
         // If there is a home server, disregard checksum: the file is assumed
diff --git a/js/background.js b/js/background.js
index e073a74ad..d99dedceb 100644
--- a/js/background.js
+++ b/js/background.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ return {
     },
 
     updateAssetsEvery: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-    projectServerRoot: 'https://raw2.github.com/gorhill/ublock/master/',
+    projectServerRoot: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/',
     userFiltersPath: 'assets/user/filters.txt',
 
     // list of remote blacklist locations