diff --git a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
index a7004913..86527d44 100644
--- a/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
+++ b/UniversalLanguageSelector.hooks.php
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ class UniversalLanguageSelectorHooks {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public static function addModules( $out, $skin ) {
-		global $wgULSGeoService;
 		$out->addModules( 'ext.uls.init' );
-		if ( $wgULSGeoService ) {
-			$out->addModules( 'ext.uls.geoclient' );
-		}
+		$out->addModules( 'ext.uls.geoclient' );
 
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/UniversalLanguageSelector.php b/UniversalLanguageSelector.php
index 223149d1..95cb1feb 100644
--- a/UniversalLanguageSelector.php
+++ b/UniversalLanguageSelector.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $wgExtensionCredits['other'][] = array(
  * ULS can use geolocation services to suggest languages based on the
  * country the user is vising from. Setting this to false will prevent
  * builtin geolocation from being used. You can provide your own geolocation
- * by setting window.GEO to object which has key 'country_code' or 'country'.
+ * by setting window.Geo to object which has key 'country_code' or 'country'.
  * This is what Wikipedia does.
  *
  * The service should return jsonp that uses the supplied callback parameter.
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.geoclient.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.geoclient.js
index e814cee3..f49c4450 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.geoclient.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.geoclient.js
@@ -22,19 +22,31 @@
 
 	mw.uls = mw.uls || {};
 	mw.uls.setGeo = function ( data ) {
-		window.GEO = data;
+		window.Geo = data;
 	};
 
 	mw.uls.getCountryCode = function () {
-		/*jshint camelcase: false*/
-		return window.GEO && ( window.GEO.country || window.GEO.country_code );
+		return window.Geo && ( window.Geo.country || window.Geo.country_code );
 	};
 
-	var settings = {
-		cache: true,
-		dataType: 'jsonp',
-		jsonpCallback: 'mw.uls.setGeo'
-	};
-	$.ajax( mw.config.get( 'wgULSGeoService' ), settings );
+	var currentProto, httpOnly,
+		service = mw.config.get( 'wgULSGeoService' );
+
+	// Call the service only if defined, and if the current
+	// protocol is https, only if the service is not configured
+	// with http:// as the protocol
+	if ( service ) {
+		httpOnly = service.substring(0, 7) === 'http://';
+		currentProto = document.location.protocol;
+		if ( !httpOnly || currentProto  === 'http:' ) {
+			var settings = {
+				cache: true,
+				dataType: 'jsonp',
+				jsonpCallback: 'mw.uls.setGeo'
+			};
+
+			$.ajax( service, settings );
+		}
+	}
 
 }( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
index 66355279..a2525371 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.init.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
 	};
 
 	mw.uls.getFrequentLanguageList = function () {
-		var unique = [],
+		var countryCode,
+			unique = [],
 			list = [
 				mw.config.get( 'wgUserLanguage' ),
 				mw.config.get( 'wgContentLanguage' ),
@@ -72,8 +73,9 @@
 				.concat( mw.uls.getPreviousLanguages() )
 				.concat( mw.uls.getAcceptLanguageList() );
 
-		if ( window.GEO ) {
-			list = list.concat( $.uls.data.getLanguagesInTerritory( mw.uls.getCountryCode() ) );
+		countryCode = mw.uls.getCountryCode()
+		if ( countryCode ) {
+			list = list.concat( $.uls.data.getLanguagesInTerritory( countryCode ) );
 		}
 
 		$.each( list, function ( i, v ) {