diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
index b0cc639d29..aa6b8e7001 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py
@@ -294,10 +294,12 @@ def index(request, course=None, chapter=None, section=None,
         defsection = multicourse_settings.get_course_default_section(course)
         if defchapter and defsection:
             # jump there using redirect, so the user gets the right URL in their browser
-            return redirect('%s/courseware/%s/%s/%s/' % (settings.MITX_ROOT_URL,
-                                                         get_course(request, course),
-                                                         defchapter,
-                                                         defsection))
+            newurl = '%s/courseware/%s/%s/%s/' % (settings.MITX_ROOT_URL,
+                                                  get_course(request, course),
+                                                  defchapter,
+                                                  defsection)
+            log.debug('redirecting to %s' % newurl)
+            return redirect(newurl)
 
     chapter = clean(chapter)
     section = clean(section)
diff --git a/lms/envs/dev_ike.py b/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
index 6d4d276501..2e7721adaf 100644
--- a/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
+++ b/lms/envs/dev_ike.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from .logsettings import get_logger_config
 from .dev import *
 
 if 'eecs1' in socket.gethostname():
-    MITX_ROOT_URL = '/mitx2'
+    # MITX_ROOT_URL = '/mitx2'
+    MITX_ROOT_URL = 'https://mitx2'
 
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 # edx4edx content server