diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/config/ApplicationConfig.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/config/ApplicationConfig.scala
index 0e09a252..b1bfdee6 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/config/ApplicationConfig.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/config/ApplicationConfig.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ trait ApplicationConfig {
   def thirdPartyDeveloperUrl: String
   def apiPlatformMicroserviceBaseUrl: String
   def ramlPreviewMicroserviceBaseUrl: String
-  def apiDocumentationBaseUrl: String
 
   def securedCookie: Boolean
   def ramlPreviewEnabled: Boolean
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ trait ApplicationConfig {
   def cookieSettingsUrl: String
 
   def oasFetchResolvedMaxDuration: Long
+  def oasFetchResolvedUsingHttps: Boolean
 }
 
 @Singleton
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ class ApplicationConfigImpl @Inject() (config: Configuration)
   lazy val apiPlatformMicroserviceBaseUrl = baseUrl("api-platform-microservice")
   lazy val ramlPreviewMicroserviceBaseUrl = baseUrl("raml-preview-microservice")
 
-  lazy val apiDocumentationBaseUrl = getString("apidocumentation.base.url")
-
   val securedCookie         = getBoolean("cookie.secure")
   val ramlPreviewEnabled    = getBoolean("features.ramlPreview")
   val openApiPreviewEnabled = getBoolean("features.openApiPreview")
@@ -109,6 +107,7 @@ class ApplicationConfigImpl @Inject() (config: Configuration)
   val cookieSettingsUrl: String = s"/${getString("tracking-consent-frontend.cookie-settings-path")}"
 
   val oasFetchResolvedMaxDuration: Long = config.getMillis("oasFetchResolvedMaxDurationMilliseconds")
+  val oasFetchResolvedUsingHttps: Boolean = getBoolean("oasFetchResolvedUsingHttps")
 
   private def platformBaseUrl(key: String) = {
     (getConfigDefaulted(s"$key.protocol", ""), getConfigDefaulted(s"$key.host", "")) match {
diff --git a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/controllers/OpenApiDocumentationController.scala b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/controllers/OpenApiDocumentationController.scala
index 0fef2931..59b4c455 100644
--- a/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/controllers/OpenApiDocumentationController.scala
+++ b/app/uk/gov/hmrc/apidocumentation/controllers/OpenApiDocumentationController.scala
@@ -139,17 +139,13 @@ class OpenApiDocumentationController @Inject() (
     parseOptions.setResolveFully(true)
 
     val emptyAuthList = java.util.Collections.emptyList[io.swagger.v3.parser.core.models.AuthorizationValue]()
-
-    val oasFileLocation = routes.OpenApiDocumentationController.fetchOas(service, version).absoluteURL(true)
-
-    logger.info(s"OAS File Location: $oasFileLocation")
+    val fetchUsingHttps = appConfig.oasFetchResolvedUsingHttps
+    val oasFileLocation = routes.OpenApiDocumentationController.fetchOas(service, version).absoluteURL(fetchUsingHttps)
 
     val futureParsing = Future {
       blocking {
         try {
-          logger.info("Starting reading OAS specification")
           val parserResult = openAPIV3Parser.readLocation(oasFileLocation, emptyAuthList, parseOptions)
-          logger.info("Finished reading OAS specification")
 
           Option(parserResult.getOpenAPI()) match {
             // The OAS specification has been found and parsed by Swagger - return the fully resolved specification to the caller.
diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index e9f34957..8546b4bb 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ play.filters.csp.directives.script-src = ${play.filters.csp.nonce.pattern} "'str
 retryCount = 3
 retryDelayMilliseconds = 500
 oasFetchResolvedMaxDurationMilliseconds = 20000
+oasFetchResolvedUsingHttps = false
 
 apidocumentation.base.url = "http://localhost:9680"