diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 76d9a36..eaa221e 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class HumbugAPI():
         options["email"] = self.email
         options["api-key"] = self.api_key
         submit_data = urllib.urlencode([(k, v.encode('utf-8')) for k,v in options.items()])
-        res = self.browser.open(self.base_url + "/api/v1/get_updates", submit_data)
+        res = self.browser.open(self.base_url + "/api/v1/get_messages", submit_data)
         return simplejson.loads(res.read())['zephyrs']
 
     def call_on_each_message(self, callback, options = {}):
diff --git a/examples/curl-examples b/examples/curl-examples
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b12ee10..db6b43a
--- a/examples/curl-examples
+++ b/examples/curl-examples
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Two quick API tests using curl
-curl 127.0.0.1:8000/api/send_message -d "api-key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -d "email=tabbott@humbughq.com" -d "type=personal" -d "new_zephyr=test" -d "recipient=tabbott@humbughq.com"
-curl 127.0.0.1:8000/api/get_updates_new -d "api-key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -d "email=tabbott@humbughq.com
+curl -k --digest -u tabbott:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://app.humbughq.com/api/v1/send_message -d "api-key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -d "email=tabbott@humbughq.com" -d "type=personal" -d "new_zephyr=test" -d "recipient=tabbott@humbughq.com"
+curl -k --digest -u "tabbott:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" https://app.humbughq.com/api/v1/get_messages -d "api-key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -d "email=tabbott@humbughq.com"
+
+# Replace '-k --digest -u tabbott:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://app.humbughq.com'
+# with "http://127.0.0.1:8000" for local testing