diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c8e74313..672d6e489 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ### Features
 1. [#2083](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/2083): Every dashboard can now have its own time range
 1. [#2045](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/2045): Add CSV download option in dashboard cells
+1. [#2133](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/2133): Implicitly prepend source urls with http://
 
 ### UI Improvements
 1. [#2111](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/2111): Increase size of Cell Editor query tabs to reveal more of their query strings
diff --git a/ui/src/sources/components/SourceForm.js b/ui/src/sources/components/SourceForm.js
index bebb85569..21e340f33 100644
--- a/ui/src/sources/components/SourceForm.js
+++ b/ui/src/sources/components/SourceForm.js
@@ -1,159 +1,139 @@
-import React, {PropTypes, Component} from 'react'
+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react'
 import classnames from 'classnames'
 import {insecureSkipVerifyText} from 'shared/copy/tooltipText'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
-class SourceForm extends Component {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props)
-  }
+const SourceForm = ({
+  source,
+  editMode,
+  onSubmit,
+  onInputChange,
+  onBlurSourceURL,
+}) =>
+  <div className="panel-body">
+    <h4 className="text-center">Connection Details</h4>
+    <br />
 
-  handleBlurSourceURL = () => {
-    const url = this.props.source.url.trim()
-
-    if (!url) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    const newSource = {
-      ...this.props.source,
-      url,
-    }
-
-    this.props.onBlurSourceURL(newSource)
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    const {source, editMode, onSubmit, onInputChange} = this.props
-
-    return (
-      <div className="panel-body">
-        <h4 className="text-center">Connection Details</h4>
-        <br />
-
-        <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="connect-string">Connection String</label>
+    <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
+        <label htmlFor="connect-string">Connection String</label>
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          name="url"
+          className="form-control"
+          id="connect-string"
+          placeholder="Address of InfluxDB"
+          onChange={onInputChange}
+          value={source.url}
+          onBlur={onBlurSourceURL}
+          required={true}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
+        <label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          name="name"
+          className="form-control"
+          id="name"
+          placeholder="Name this source"
+          onChange={onInputChange}
+          value={source.name}
+          required={true}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
+        <label htmlFor="username">Username</label>
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          name="username"
+          className="form-control"
+          id="username"
+          onChange={onInputChange}
+          value={source.username}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
+        <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
+        <input
+          type="password"
+          name="password"
+          className="form-control"
+          id="password"
+          onChange={onInputChange}
+          value={source.password}
+        />
+      </div>
+      {_.get(source, 'type', '').includes('enterprise')
+        ? <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
+            <label htmlFor="meta-url">Meta Service Connection URL</label>
             <input
               type="text"
-              name="url"
+              name="metaUrl"
               className="form-control"
-              id="connect-string"
-              placeholder="Address of InfluxDB"
+              id="meta-url"
+              placeholder="http://localhost:8091"
               onChange={onInputChange}
-              value={source.url}
-              onBlur={this.handleBlurSourceURL}
-              required={true}
+              value={source.metaUrl}
             />
           </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
-            <input
-              type="text"
-              name="name"
-              className="form-control"
-              id="name"
-              placeholder="Name this source"
-              onChange={onInputChange}
-              value={source.name}
-              required={true}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="username">Username</label>
-            <input
-              type="text"
-              name="username"
-              className="form-control"
-              id="username"
-              onChange={onInputChange}
-              value={source.username}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
-            <input
-              type="password"
-              name="password"
-              className="form-control"
-              id="password"
-              onChange={onInputChange}
-              value={source.password}
-            />
-          </div>
-          {_.get(source, 'type', '').includes('enterprise')
-            ? <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
-                <label htmlFor="meta-url">Meta Service Connection URL</label>
-                <input
-                  type="text"
-                  name="metaUrl"
-                  className="form-control"
-                  id="meta-url"
-                  placeholder="http://localhost:8091"
-                  onChange={onInputChange}
-                  value={source.metaUrl}
-                />
-              </div>
-            : null}
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
-            <label htmlFor="telegraf">Telegraf database</label>
-            <input
-              type="text"
-              name="telegraf"
-              className="form-control"
-              id="telegraf"
-              onChange={onInputChange}
-              value={source.telegraf}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
+        : null}
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
+        <label htmlFor="telegraf">Telegraf database</label>
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          name="telegraf"
+          className="form-control"
+          id="telegraf"
+          onChange={onInputChange}
+          value={source.telegraf}
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
+        <div className="form-control-static">
+          <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            id="defaultSourceCheckbox"
+            name="default"
+            checked={source.default}
+            onChange={onInputChange}
+          />
+          <label htmlFor="defaultSourceCheckbox">
+            Make this the default source
+          </label>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {_.get(source, 'url', '').startsWith('https')
+        ? <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
             <div className="form-control-static">
               <input
                 type="checkbox"
-                id="defaultSourceCheckbox"
-                name="default"
-                checked={source.default}
+                id="insecureSkipVerifyCheckbox"
+                name="insecureSkipVerify"
+                checked={source.insecureSkipVerify}
                 onChange={onInputChange}
               />
-              <label htmlFor="defaultSourceCheckbox">
-                Make this the default source
-              </label>
+              <label htmlFor="insecureSkipVerifyCheckbox">Unsafe SSL</label>
             </div>
+            <label className="form-helper">
+              {insecureSkipVerifyText}
+            </label>
           </div>
-          {_.get(source, 'url', '').startsWith('https')
-            ? <div className="form-group col-xs-12">
-                <div className="form-control-static">
-                  <input
-                    type="checkbox"
-                    id="insecureSkipVerifyCheckbox"
-                    name="insecureSkipVerify"
-                    checked={source.insecureSkipVerify}
-                    onChange={onInputChange}
-                  />
-                  <label htmlFor="insecureSkipVerifyCheckbox">Unsafe SSL</label>
-                </div>
-                <label className="form-helper">
-                  {insecureSkipVerifyText}
-                </label>
-              </div>
-            : null}
-          <div className="form-group form-group-submit col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-3 text-center">
-            <button
-              className={classnames('btn btn-block', {
-                'btn-primary': editMode,
-                'btn-success': !editMode,
-              })}
-              type="submit"
-            >
-              {editMode ? 'Save Changes' : 'Add Source'}
-            </button>
-            <br />
-          </div>
-        </form>
+        : null}
+      <div className="form-group form-group-submit col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-sm-offset-3 text-center">
+        <button
+          className={classnames('btn btn-block', {
+            'btn-primary': editMode,
+            'btn-success': !editMode,
+          })}
+          type="submit"
+        >
+          {editMode ? 'Save Changes' : 'Add Source'}
+        </button>
+        <br />
       </div>
-    )
-  }
-}
+    </form>
+  </div>
 
 const {bool, func, shape, string} = PropTypes
 
diff --git a/ui/src/sources/containers/SourcePage.js b/ui/src/sources/containers/SourcePage.js
index 4997c6a48..d3eb5b6cb 100644
--- a/ui/src/sources/containers/SourcePage.js
+++ b/ui/src/sources/containers/SourcePage.js
@@ -67,23 +67,56 @@ class SourcePage extends Component {
     })
   }
 
-  handleBlurSourceURL = newSource => {
-    if (this.state.editMode) {
+  handleBlurSourceURL = () => {
+    const {source, editMode} = this.state
+    if (editMode) {
+      this.setState(this._normalizeSource)
       return
     }
 
-    if (!newSource.url) {
+    if (!source.url) {
       return
     }
 
+    this.setState(this._normalizeSource, this._createSourceOnBlur)
+  }
+
+  handleSubmit = e => {
+    e.preventDefault()
+    const {isCreated, editMode} = this.state
+    const isNewSource = !editMode
+
+    if (!isCreated && isNewSource) {
+      return this.setState(this._normalizeSource, this._createSource)
+    }
+
+    this.setState(this._normalizeSource, this._updateSource)
+  }
+
+  handleError = (bannerText, err) => {
+    const {notify} = this.props
+    const error = this._parseError(err)
+    console.error('Error: ', error)
+    notify('error', `${bannerText}: ${error}`)
+  }
+
+  _normalizeSource({source}) {
+    const url = source.url.trim()
+    if (source.url.startsWith('http')) {
+      return {source: {...source, url}}
+    }
+    return {source: {...source, url: `http://${url}`}}
+  }
+
+  _createSourceOnBlur = () => {
+    const {source} = this.state
     // if there is a type on source it has already been created
-    if (newSource.type) {
+    if (source.type) {
       return
     }
-
-    createSource(newSource)
+    createSource(source)
       .then(({data: sourceFromServer}) => {
-        this.props.addSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
+        addSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
         this.setState({
           source: {...DEFAULT_SOURCE, ...sourceFromServer},
           isCreated: true,
@@ -91,31 +124,29 @@ class SourcePage extends Component {
       })
       .catch(err => {
         // dont want to flash this until they submit
-        const error = this.parseError(err)
+        const error = this._parseError(err)
         console.error('Error on source creation: ', error)
       })
   }
 
-  handleSubmit = e => {
-    e.preventDefault()
+  _createSource = () => {
+    const {source} = this.state
+    createSource(source)
+      .then(({data: sourceFromServer}) => {
+        addSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
+        this._redirect(sourceFromServer)
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        this.handleError('Unable to create source', error)
+      })
+  }
+
+  _updateSource = () => {
+    const {source} = this.state
     const {notify} = this.props
-    const {isCreated, source, editMode} = this.state
-    const isNewSource = !editMode
-
-    if (!isCreated && isNewSource) {
-      return createSource(source)
-        .then(({data: sourceFromServer}) => {
-          this.props.addSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
-          this._redirect(sourceFromServer)
-        })
-        .catch(error => {
-          this.handleError('Unable to create source', error)
-        })
-    }
-
     updateSource(source)
       .then(({data: sourceFromServer}) => {
-        this.props.updateSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
+        updateSourceAction(sourceFromServer)
         this._redirect(sourceFromServer)
         notify('success', `New source ${source.name} added`)
       })
@@ -124,13 +155,6 @@ class SourcePage extends Component {
       })
   }
 
-  handleError = (bannerText, err) => {
-    const {notify} = this.props
-    const error = this.parseError(err)
-    console.error('Error: ', error)
-    notify('error', `${bannerText}: ${error}`)
-  }
-
   _redirect = source => {
     const {isInitialSource} = this.state
     const {params, router} = this.props
@@ -157,7 +181,7 @@ class SourcePage extends Component {
     return router.push(fixedPath)
   }
 
-  parseError = error => {
+  _parseError = error => {
     return _.get(error, ['data', 'message'], error)
   }