diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 825bd514..784359ca 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -2877,6 +2877,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             url_suf=suf,
             k304=self.k304(),
             ver=S_VERSION if self.args.ver else "",
+            ahttps="" if self.is_https else "https://" + self.host + self.req,
         )
         self.reply(html.encode("utf-8"))
         return True
diff --git a/copyparty/web/splash.css b/copyparty/web/splash.css
index 2a8e67e6..c6b8b5b7 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/splash.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/splash.css
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ a {
 td a {
 	margin: 0;
 }
+#w {
+	color: #fff;
+	background: #940;
+	border-color: #b70;
+}
 .af,
 .logout {
 	float: right;
@@ -175,15 +180,19 @@ html.z a.g {
 	border-color: #af4;
 	box-shadow: 0 .3em 1em #7d0;
 }
-html.z input {
-	color: #fff;
-	background: #626;
-	border: 1px solid #c2c;
-	border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
+input {
+	color: #a50;
+	background: #fff;
+	border: 1px solid #a50;
 	border-radius: .5em;
 	padding: .5em .7em;
 	margin: 0 .5em 0 0;
 }
+html.z input {
+	color: #fff;
+	background: #626;
+	border-color: #c2c;
+}
 html.z .num {
 	border-color: #777;
 }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/splash.html b/copyparty/web/splash.html
index f5711d0f..8810852e 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/splash.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/splash.html
@@ -89,13 +89,16 @@
 		</ul>
 
 		<h1 id="l">login for more:</h1>
-		<ul>
+		<div>
 			<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="{{ r }}/{{ qvpath }}">
 				<input type="hidden" name="act" value="login" />
 				<input type="password" name="cppwd" />
 				<input type="submit" value="Login" />
+				{% if ahttps %}
+				<a id="w" href="{{ ahttps }}">switch to https</a>
+				{% endif %}
 			</form>
-		</ul>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 	<a href="#" id="repl">π</a>
 	{%- if not this.args.nb %}
diff --git a/copyparty/web/splash.js b/copyparty/web/splash.js
index a35bee09..55143084 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/splash.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/splash.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ var Ls = {
 		"t1": "handling",
 		"u2": "tid siden noen sist skrev til serveren$N( opplastning / navneendring / ... )$N$N17d = 17 dager$N1h23 = 1 time 23 minutter$N4m56 = 4 minuter 56 sekunder",
 		"v1": "koble til",
-		"v2": "bruk denne serveren som en lokal harddisk$N$NADVARSEL: kommer til å vise passordet ditt!"
+		"v2": "bruk denne serveren som en lokal harddisk$N$NADVARSEL: kommer til å vise passordet ditt!",
+		"w1": "bytt til https",
 	},
 	"eng": {
 		"d2": "shows the state of all active threads",