diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 8a54fff..ed15a52 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type ConfigurationSettings struct {
 	Environment           string
 	Domain                string
 	ShareDomain           string
+	ServiceURL            string
 	RaftBind              string
 	RaftDataDir           string
 	DefaultRaftPort       int      // if a RaftNodes entry does not specify port, use this one
@@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ func (settings *ConfigurationSettings) postReadAdjustments() error {
 	if submatch := envVariableRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(settings.ShareDomain); len(submatch) > 1 {
 		settings.ShareDomain = os.Getenv(submatch[1])
 	}
+	if submatch := envVariableRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(settings.ServiceURL); len(submatch) > 1 {
+		settings.ServiceURL = os.Getenv(submatch[1])
+	}
 	if settings.RaftDataDir == "" && settings.BackendMySQLHost == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Either RaftDataDir or BackendMySQLHost must be set")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/group/mysql.go b/pkg/group/mysql.go
index a2fab61..4388aa0 100644
--- a/pkg/group/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/group/mysql.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE service_election (
   domain varchar(32) NOT NULL,
   share_domain varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  service_url varchar(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   service_id varchar(128) NOT NULL,
   last_seen_active timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   PRIMARY KEY (domain),
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ type MySQLBackend struct {
 	domain      string
 	shareDomain string
 	serviceId   string
+	serviceUrl  string
 	leaderState int64
 	healthState int64
 	throttler   *throttle.Throttler
@@ -94,12 +96,14 @@ func NewMySQLBackend(throttler *throttle.Throttler) (*MySQLBackend, error) {
 		domain = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", config.Settings().DataCenter, config.Settings().Environment)
 	}
 	shareDomain := config.Settings().ShareDomain
+	serviceUrl := config.Settings().ServiceURL
 	serviceId := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", hostname, config.Settings().ListenPort)
 	backend := &MySQLBackend{
 		db:          db,
 		domain:      domain,
 		shareDomain: shareDomain,
 		serviceId:   serviceId,
+		serviceUrl:  serviceUrl,
 		throttler:   throttler,
 	}
 	go backend.continuousOperations()
@@ -261,15 +265,16 @@ func (backend *MySQLBackend) GetHealthyDomainServices() (services []string, err
 func (backend *MySQLBackend) AttemptLeadership() error {
 	query := `
     insert ignore into service_election (
-        domain, share_domain, service_id, last_seen_active
+        domain, share_domain, service_id, service_url, last_seen_active
       ) values (
-        ?, ?, ?, now()
+        ?, ?, ?, ?, now()
       ) on duplicate key update
 			service_id       = if(last_seen_active < now() - interval ? second, values(service_id), service_id),
+      service_url      = if(service_id = values(service_id), values(service_url), service_url),
       share_domain     = if(service_id = values(service_id), values(share_domain), share_domain),
       last_seen_active = if(service_id = values(service_id), values(last_seen_active), last_seen_active)
   `
-	args := sqlutils.Args(backend.domain, backend.shareDomain, backend.serviceId, electionExpireSeconds)
+	args := sqlutils.Args(backend.domain, backend.shareDomain, backend.serviceId, backend.serviceUrl, electionExpireSeconds)
 	_, err := sqlutils.ExecNoPrepare(backend.db, query, args...)
 	return err
 }
@@ -277,12 +282,12 @@ func (backend *MySQLBackend) AttemptLeadership() error {
 func (backend *MySQLBackend) ForceLeadership() error {
 	query := `
     replace into service_election (
-        domain, service_id, last_seen_active
+        domain, service_id, service_url, last_seen_active
       ) values (
-        ?, ?, now()
+        ?, ?, ?, now()
       )
   `
-	args := sqlutils.Args(backend.domain, backend.serviceId)
+	args := sqlutils.Args(backend.domain, backend.serviceId, backend.serviceUrl)
 	_, err := sqlutils.ExecNoPrepare(backend.db, query, args...)
 	return err
 }
@@ -325,7 +330,8 @@ func (backend *MySQLBackend) GetSharedDomainServices() (services map[string]stri
 	query := `
 		select
 			domain,
-			service_id
+			service_id,
+			service_url
 		from
 			service_election
 		where
@@ -335,7 +341,14 @@ func (backend *MySQLBackend) GetSharedDomainServices() (services map[string]stri
 	`
 	args := sqlutils.Args(backend.shareDomain, electionExpireSeconds, backend.serviceId)
 	err = sqlutils.QueryRowsMap(backend.db, query, func(m sqlutils.RowMap) error {
-		services[m.GetString("domain")] = m.GetString("service_id")
+		serviceUrl := m.GetString("service_url")
+		domain := m.GetString("domain")
+		if serviceUrl != "" {
+			services[domain] = serviceUrl
+		} else {
+			// fall back to using service_id
+			services[domain] = m.GetString("service_id")
+		}
 		return nil
 	}, args...)
 
diff --git a/pkg/throttle/throttler.go b/pkg/throttle/throttler.go
index 90d2b75..307356a 100644
--- a/pkg/throttle/throttler.go
+++ b/pkg/throttle/throttler.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package throttle
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache/memcache"
 	metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
+	"io"
 )
 
 const leaderCheckInterval = 1 * time.Second
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ func (throttler *Throttler) collectShareDomainMetricHealth() error {
 	aggregatedMetricHealth := make(base.MetricHealthMap)
 	for _, service := range services {
 		err := func() error {
-			uri := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/metrics-health", service)
+			uri := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/metrics-health", service)
 
 			resp, err := throttler.httpClient.Get(uri)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ func (throttler *Throttler) collectShareDomainMetricHealth() error {
 			}
 
 			defer resp.Body.Close()
-			b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}