diff --git a/src/gitingest/parse_query.py b/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
index 18a78e9a..859cafb2 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/parse_query.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _parse_url(url: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     url = url.split(" ")[0]
     url = unquote(url)  # Decode URL-encoded characters
 
-    if not url.startswith("https://"):
+    if not url.startswith(("https://", "http://")):
         url = "https://" + url
 
     # Extract domain and path
diff --git a/src/gitingest/tests/test_parse_query.py b/src/gitingest/tests/test_parse_query.py
index 8ce3ff00..b6b20389 100644
--- a/src/gitingest/tests/test_parse_query.py
+++ b/src/gitingest/tests/test_parse_query.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from gitingest.parse_query import _parse_patterns, _parse_url, parse_query
 
 
-def test_parse_url_valid() -> None:
+def test_parse_url_valid_https() -> None:
     test_cases = [
         "https://github.com/user/repo",
         "https://gitlab.com/user/repo",
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ def test_parse_url_valid() -> None:
         assert result["url"] == url
 
 
+def test_parse_url_valid_http() -> None:
+    test_cases = [
+        "http://github.com/user/repo",
+        "http://gitlab.com/user/repo",
+        "http://bitbucket.org/user/repo",
+    ]
+    for url in test_cases:
+        result = _parse_url(url)
+        assert result["user_name"] == "user"
+        assert result["repo_name"] == "repo"
+        assert result["slug"] == "user-repo"
+
+
 def test_parse_url_invalid() -> None:
     url = "https://only-domain.com"
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid repository URL"):