diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/membersStripeConnect.js b/core/server/api/canary/membersStripeConnect.js
index 67925e56f7..f1baf3474e 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/membersStripeConnect.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/membersStripeConnect.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 const membersService = require('../../services/members');
-const config = require('../../../shared/config');
-const urlUtils = require('../../../shared/url-utils');
-const {BadRequestError} = require('@tryghost/errors');
 
 module.exports = {
     docName: 'members_stripe_connect',
@@ -18,13 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
             }
         },
         query(frame) {
-            const siteUrl = urlUtils.getSiteUrl();
-            const productionMode = config.get('env') === 'production';
-            const siteUrlUsingSSL = /^https/.test(siteUrl);
-            const cannotConnectToStripe = productionMode && !siteUrlUsingSSL;
-            if (cannotConnectToStripe) {
-                throw new BadRequestError('Cannot connect to stripe unless site is using https://');
-            }
             // This is something you have to do if you want to use the "framework" with access to the raw req/res
             frame.response = async function (req, res) {
                 function setSessionProp(prop, val) {
diff --git a/core/server/services/members/stripe-connect.js b/core/server/services/members/stripe-connect.js
index 4dd27f6cc1..2a1ac2b095 100644
--- a/core/server/services/members/stripe-connect.js
+++ b/core/server/services/members/stripe-connect.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const {Buffer} = require('buffer');
 const {randomBytes} = require('crypto');
 const {URL} = require('url');
 
+const config = require('../../../shared/config');
+const urlUtils = require('../../../shared/url-utils');
+
 const messages = {
     incorrectState: 'State did not match.'
 };
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ const redirectURI = 'https://stripe.ghost.org';
  * @returns {Promise<URL>}
  */
 async function getStripeConnectOAuthUrl(setSessionProp, mode = 'live') {
+    checkCanConnect();
     const randomState = randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
     const state = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({
         mode,
@@ -71,6 +75,16 @@ async function getStripeConnectTokenData(encodedData, getSessionProp) {
     };
 }
 
+function checkCanConnect() {
+    const siteUrl = urlUtils.getSiteUrl();
+    const productionMode = config.get('env') === 'production';
+    const siteUrlUsingSSL = /^https/.test(siteUrl);
+    const cannotConnectToStripe = productionMode && !siteUrlUsingSSL;
+    if (cannotConnectToStripe) {
+        throw new errors.BadRequestError('Cannot connect to stripe unless site is using https://');
+    }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     getStripeConnectOAuthUrl,
     getStripeConnectTokenData,