diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 1e8a8ac..db955f3 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@ uri_fetch() {
 	[ -n "$quiet" ] && opts="-q"
 	[ -f "$SRCDEST/$d" ] && return 0
 
-	# we need GNU wget for this
-	case "$uri" in
-		*https://*) opts="--no-check-certificate";;
-	esac
-
 	# fix saveas-*://* URIs
 	case "$uri" in
 		# remove 'saveas-' from beginning and
 		# '/filename' from end of URI
 		saveas-*://*) uri="${uri:7:$(expr ${#uri} - 7 - ${#d} - 1)}";;
 	esac
+
+	# we need GNU wget for this
+	case "$uri" in
+		https://*) opts="--no-check-certificate";;
+	esac
 	
 	mkdir -p "$SRCDEST"
 	if [ -f "$SRCDEST/$d.part" ]; then