diff --git a/Vagrant/scripts/install-autorunstowineventlog.ps1 b/Vagrant/scripts/install-autorunstowineventlog.ps1
index e11d332e6..39c1a3e75 100644
--- a/Vagrant/scripts/install-autorunstowineventlog.ps1
+++ b/Vagrant/scripts/install-autorunstowineventlog.ps1
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 Write-Host "$('[{0:HH:mm}]' -f (Get-Date)) Installing AutorunsToWinEventLog..."
 If ((Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "AutorunsToWinEventLog" -ea silent) -eq $null)
 {
+    # Modify the installer to add an HTTP fallback until this gets fixed upstream in the windows-event-fowarding repo
+    # See https://github.com/clong/DetectionLab/issues/597
+    (Get-Content c:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Local\Temp\windows-event-forwarding-master\AutorunsToWinEventLog\Install.ps1 -Raw) -replace 'Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://live.sysinternals.com/autorunsc64.exe" -OutFile "\$autorunsPath"', 'Try {
+    (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(''https://live.sysinternals.com/Autoruns64.exe'', $autorunsPath)
+  } Catch {
+    Write-Host "HTTPS connection failed. Switching to HTTP :("
+    (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(''http://live.sysinternals.com/Autoruns64.exe'', $autorunsPath)
+  }' | Set-Content -Path "c:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Local\Temp\windows-event-forwarding-master\AutorunsToWinEventLog\Install.ps1"
     . c:\Users\vagrant\AppData\Local\Temp\windows-event-forwarding-master\AutorunsToWinEventLog\Install.ps1
     Write-Host "$('[{0:HH:mm}]' -f (Get-Date)) AutorunsToWinEventLog installed. Starting the scheduled task. Future runs will begin at 11am"
     Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "AutorunsToWinEventLog"