diff --git a/lib/lastfm/lastfm-request.js b/lib/lastfm/lastfm-request.js
index 9e02e28..778384d 100644
--- a/lib/lastfm/lastfm-request.js
+++ b/lib/lastfm/lastfm-request.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 if (global.GENTLY_HIJACK) require = GENTLY_HIJACK.hijack(require);
 
 var http = require("http")
+  , https = require('https')
   , querystring = require('querystring')
   , _ = require("underscore")
   , crypto = require("crypto")
   , LastFmBase = require("./lastfm-base");
 
-var WRITE_METHODS = ["album.addtags", "album.removetag", "album.share",
+var WRITE_METHODS = [ "auth.getmobilesession",
+        "album.addtags", "album.removetag", "album.share",
         "artist.addtags", "artist.removetag", "artist.share", "artist.shout",
         "event.attend", "event.share", "event.shout",
         "library.addalbum", "library.addartist", "library.addtrack",
@@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ var WRITE_METHODS = ["album.addtags", "album.removetag", "album.share",
         "track.updatenowplaying",
         "user.shout"],
     SIGNED_METHODS = ["auth.getmobilesession", "auth.getsession", "auth.gettoken",
-        "radio.getplaylist"];
+        "radio.getplaylist"],
+    SECURE_METHODS = ["auth.getmobilesession"];
 
 var LastFmRequest = module.exports = function(lastfm, method, params) {
   var that = this;
@@ -29,20 +32,21 @@ var LastFmRequest = module.exports = function(lastfm, method, params) {
   sendRequest(lastfm.host, lastfm.url, params);
 
   function sendRequest(host, url, params) {
-    var httpVerb = isWriteRequest() ? "POST" : "GET"
     var requestParams = buildRequestParams(params);
+    var httpVerb = isWriteRequest(requestParams.method) ? "POST" : "GET"
     var data = querystring.stringify(requestParams);
     if (httpVerb == "GET") {
       url += "?" + data;
     }
     var options = {
         host: host,
-        port: 80,
+        port: isSecureMethod(requestParams.method) ? 443 : 80,
         path: url,
         method: httpVerb,
         headers: requestHeaders(httpVerb, host, data)
     };
-    var req = http.request(options, chunkedResponse);
+    var protocol = isSecureMethod(requestParams.method) ? https : http;
+    var req = protocol.request(options, chunkedResponse);
     req.on("error", function(error) {
         that.emit("error", error);
     });
@@ -67,17 +71,17 @@ var LastFmRequest = module.exports = function(lastfm, method, params) {
         requestParams.album = requestParams.album || params.track.album["#text"];
       }
     }
-    if (requiresSignature()) {
+    if (requiresSignature(method)) {
       requestParams.api_sig = createSignature(requestParams, lastfm.secret);
     }
     return requestParams;
   }
 
-  function requiresSignature() {
+  function requiresSignature(method) {
     return params.signed || isWriteRequest() || isSignedMethod(method);
   }
 
-  function isWriteRequest() {
+  function isWriteRequest(method) {
     return params.write || isWriteMethod(method);
   }
 
@@ -89,6 +93,10 @@ var LastFmRequest = module.exports = function(lastfm, method, params) {
     return method && _(WRITE_METHODS).include(method.toLowerCase());
   }
 
+  function isSecureMethod(method) {
+    return method && _(SECURE_METHODS).include(method.toLowerCase());
+  }
+
   function requestHeaders(httpVerb, host, data) {
     var headers = {
       "User-Agent": lastfm.useragent