diff --git a/Support/lib/gist.rb b/Support/lib/gist.rb
index 6a80d9c..ff0c18e 100755
--- a/Support/lib/gist.rb
+++ b/Support/lib/gist.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Taken from defunkt's gist repository: http://github.com/defunkt/gist/tree/master
 
 require 'open-uri'
-require 'net/http'
+require 'net/https'
 
 module Gist
   extend self
@@ -14,33 +14,42 @@ def read(gist_id)
     return help if gist_id == '-h' || gist_id.nil? || gist_id[/help/]
     open(@@gist_url % gist_id).read
   end
-  
+
   def add_file(name, content)
     load_files
     @@files << {'name' => name, 'content' => content}
     puts "#{name} added."
     save_files
   end
-  
+
   def send(private_gist)
     load_files
     url = URI.parse('https://gist.github.com/gists')
-    req = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, data(private_gist))
-    case req
+
+    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
+    req.set_form_data data(private_gist)
+
+    http             = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
+    http.use_ssl     = true
+    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+
+    res = http.request req
+
+    case res
     when Net::HTTPBadRequest
-      print "Ewww, not your fault, but something bad happened. No gist created."
+      print "Ewww, not your fault, but something bad happened. No gist created.\n#{res.body}"
     when Net::HTTPFound
-      url = copy req['Location']
+      url = copy res['Location']
       print "Created gist at #{url}. URL copied to clipboard."
     end
     clear
   end
-  
+
   def clear
     @@files = []
     save_files
   end
-  
+
   def process_selection
     selection = nil
     gistname = nil
@@ -51,10 +60,10 @@ def process_selection
       selection = STDIN.read
       gistname = get_gist_name
     end
-    
+
     add_file(gistname, selection)
   end
-  
+
   # Add extension for supported modes based on TM_SCOPE
   # Cribbed from http://github.com/defunkt/gist.el/tree/master/gist.el
   def get_extension
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ def get_extension
     else "txt"
     end
   end
-  
+
   def get_gist_name
     if filepath = ENV['TM_FILEPATH']
       ENV['TM_PROJECT_DIRECTORY'] ? filepath.sub(ENV['TM_PROJECT_DIRECTORY'], '') : File.basename(filepath)
@@ -110,12 +119,12 @@ def load_files
     @@files = Marshal.load(File.read(path))
     @@files ||= []
   end
-  
+
   def save_files
     path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp_gists')
     File.open(path, 'w') {|f| f.puts Marshal.dump(@@files) }
   end
-  
+
   def copy(content)
     return content if `which pbcopy`.strip == ''
     IO.popen('pbcopy', 'r+') { |clip| clip.puts content }
@@ -135,10 +144,14 @@ def data(private_gist)
   end
 
   def auth
-    user  = `git config --global github.user`.strip
-    token = `git config --global github.token`.strip
+    user  = `#{git} config --global github.user`.strip
+    token = `#{git} config --global github.token`.strip
 
     user.empty? ? {} : { 'login' => user, 'token' => token }
   end
+
+  def git
+    @git ||= ENV['TM_GIT'] || 'git'
+  end
 end