diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f933f7..94c6da6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The middleware uses a little more aggressive options by default:
     :remove_form_attributes => false,
     :remove_input_attributes => true,
     :remove_javascript_protocol => true,
-    :remove_http_protocol => true,
+    :remove_http_protocol => false,
     :remove_https_protocol => false,
     :preserve_line_breaks => false,
     :simple_boolean_attributes => true
diff --git a/lib/htmlcompressor/rack.rb b/lib/htmlcompressor/rack.rb
index f72474b..706ae84 100644
--- a/lib/htmlcompressor/rack.rb
+++ b/lib/htmlcompressor/rack.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Rack
       :remove_form_attributes => false,
       :remove_input_attributes => true,
       :remove_javascript_protocol => true,
-      :remove_http_protocol => true,
+      :remove_http_protocol => false,
       :remove_https_protocol => false,
       :preserve_line_breaks => false,
       :simple_boolean_attributes => true