diff --git a/contentfiles/storage.py b/contentfiles/storage.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/contentfiles/storage.py
+++ b/contentfiles/storage.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.utils.six.moves import urllib
 from storages.backends.s3boto import S3BotoStorage
 
 
-CONTENTFILES_SSL = getattr(settings, 'CONTENTFILES_SSL', False)
+CONTENTFILES_SSL = getattr(settings, 'CONTENTFILES_SSL', True)
 CONTENTFILES_PREFIX = getattr(settings, 'CONTENTFILES_PREFIX')
 CONTENTFILES_HOSTNAME = getattr(settings, 'CONTENTFILES_HOSTNAME', None)
Use SSL by default for contentfiles

It's <I>! Allow turning off if needed though...