diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java b/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
index 1aa187176..991c80473 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Sketch.java
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ public class Sketch {
           return false;
         }
 
-        Preferences.set(uploader.getAuthorizationKey(), DigestUtils.sha512Hex(dialog.getPassword()));
+        Preferences.set(uploader.getAuthorizationKey(), DigestUtils.sha256Hex(dialog.getPassword()));
       }
 
       success = uploader.uploadUsingPreferences(buildPath, suggestedClassName, usingProgrammer);
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/debug/HttpUploader.java b/app/src/processing/app/debug/HttpUploader.java
index a60f3a90f..0e73fbb59 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/debug/HttpUploader.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/debug/HttpUploader.java
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 package processing.app.debug;
 
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.FilePart;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.MultipartRequestEntity;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.Part;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart.StringPart;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol;
 import processing.app.Base;
 import processing.app.Preferences;
 import processing.app.SerialException;
 import processing.app.helpers.PreferencesMap;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
 
   private static final Pattern IPV4_ADDRESS = Pattern.compile("(\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3})");
+  private static final String PROTOCOL = "http://";
 
+  /*
   static {
     Protocol.registerProtocol("https", new Protocol("https", new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443));
   }
+  */
 
   private final HttpClient client;
   private final String ipAddress;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(port);
     }
     this.ipAddress = matcher.group(1);
-    this.baseUrl = "https://" + ipAddress;
+    this.baseUrl = PROTOCOL + ipAddress + "/cgi-bin/luci/arduino";
   }
 
   public boolean requiresAuthorization() {
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
     }
 
     this.client.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams().setConnectionTimeout(5000);
+    String auth = Base64.encodeBase64String(("root:" + Preferences.get(getAuthorizationKey())).getBytes());
 
     int sleptTimes = 1;
-    while (boardNotReady()) {
+    while (boardNotReady(auth)) {
       try {
         Thread.sleep(100);
       } catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -72,11 +73,36 @@ public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
       sleptTimes += 1;
     }
 
-    FilePart sketch;
+    StringBuilder uploadRequest = new StringBuilder();
+
+    uploadRequest.append(String.format("PWD%1$04d", Preferences.get(getAuthorizationKey()).length())).append(Preferences.get(getAuthorizationKey())).append("\n");
+    uploadRequest.append("SKETCH\n");
+    readSketchFile(buildPath, className, uploadRequest);
+    uploadRequest.append("SKETCH_END\n");
+    uploadRequest.append("EOF\n");
+
+    Socket socket = null;
     try {
-      sketch = new FilePart("sketch", new File(buildPath, className + ".hex"));
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+      socket = new Socket();
+      socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(ipAddress, 9876), 5000);
+      OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
+      osw.write(uploadRequest.toString());
+      osw.flush();
+      BufferedReader isr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
+      String ok = isr.readLine();
+      if (!"OK".equals(ok)) {
+        throw new RunnerException("Problem uploading sketch");
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RunnerException(e);
+    } finally {
+      if (socket != null) {
+        try {
+          socket.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          // ignore
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     TargetPlatform targetPlatform = Base.getTargetPlatform();
@@ -85,12 +111,12 @@ public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
     prefs.putAll(targetPlatform.getTool(prefs.get("upload.tool")));
     boolean verbose = prefs.containsKey("upload.verbose") && Boolean.parseBoolean(prefs.get("upload.verbose"));
 
-    StringPart params = new StringPart("params", verbose ? prefs.get("upload.params.verbose") : prefs.get("upload.params.quiet"));
-
-    Part[] parts = {sketch, params};
-    PostMethod post = newPostMethod();
-    post.setRequestHeader("Cookie", "pwd=" + Preferences.get(getAuthorizationKey()));
-    post.setRequestEntity(new MultipartRequestEntity(parts, post.getParams()));
+    PostMethod post = new PostMethod(baseUrl + "/flash");
+    post.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + auth);
+    NameValuePair[] data = {
+            new NameValuePair("params", verbose ? prefs.get("upload.params.verbose") : prefs.get("upload.params.quiet"))
+    };
+    post.setRequestBody(data);
 
     int statusCode;
     try {
@@ -105,17 +131,40 @@ public class HttpUploader extends Uploader {
     }
   }
 
-  protected boolean boardNotReady() {
-    GetMethod get = new GetMethod(baseUrl + "/ready");
+  private void readSketchFile(String buildPath, String className, StringBuilder uploadRequest) throws RunnerException {
+    BufferedReader sketchReader = null;
     try {
-      return client.executeMethod(get) != HttpStatus.SC_OK;
+      sketchReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(buildPath, className + ".hex"))));
+      String line;
+      while ((line = sketchReader.readLine()) != null) {
+        line = line.trim();
+        if (line.length() > 0) {
+          uploadRequest.append(line).append("\n");
+        }
+      }
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      return true;
+      throw new RunnerException(e);
+    } finally {
+      if (sketchReader != null) {
+        try {
+          sketchReader.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          // ignore
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  protected PostMethod newPostMethod() {
-    return new PostMethod(baseUrl + "/upload");
+  protected boolean boardNotReady(String auth) {
+    GetMethod get = new GetMethod(baseUrl + "/ready");
+    get.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + auth);
+    try {
+      int httpStatus = client.executeMethod(get);
+      return httpStatus != HttpStatus.SC_OK;
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      return true;
+    }
   }
 
   @Override