diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ba0f92..a0acbe8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.englishtown</groupId>
     <artifactId>stash-hook-mirror</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.7.0</version>
 
     <organization>
         <name>Englishtown</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
index c8eccf7..e29d5de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHook.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
 
         try {
             final String password = passwordEncryptor.decrypt(settings.password);
-            final URI authenticatedUrl = getAuthenticatedUrl(settings.mirrorRepoUrl, settings.username, password);
+            final String authenticatedUrl = getAuthenticatedUrl(settings.mirrorRepoUrl, settings.username, password);
 
             executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
                         String result = builder
                                 .command("push")
                                 .argument("--prune") // this deletes locally deleted branches
-                                .argument(authenticatedUrl.toString())
+                                .argument(authenticatedUrl)
                                 .argument("+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*") // Only mirror heads
                                 .argument("+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*") // and tags
                                 .errorHandler(passwordHandler)
@@ -149,19 +149,18 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
         }
     }
 
-    protected URI getAuthenticatedUrl(String mirrorRepoUrl, String username, String password) throws URISyntaxException {
+    protected String getAuthenticatedUrl(String mirrorRepoUrl, String username, String password) throws URISyntaxException {
 
-        URI uri = URI.create(mirrorRepoUrl);
-
-        // ssh doesn't have username/password
-        if (uri.getScheme().equals("ssh")) {
-            return uri;
+        // Only http(s) has username/password
+        if (!mirrorRepoUrl.toLowerCase().startsWith("http")) {
+            return mirrorRepoUrl;
         }
 
+        URI uri = URI.create(mirrorRepoUrl);
         String userInfo = username + ":" + password;
 
         return new URI(uri.getScheme(), userInfo, uri.getHost(), uri.getPort(),
-                uri.getPath(), uri.getQuery(), uri.getFragment());
+                uri.getPath(), uri.getQuery(), uri.getFragment()).toString();
 
     }
 
@@ -232,41 +231,26 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
 
         boolean result = true;
         boolean isHttp = false;
-        boolean isSsh = false;
 
         if (ms.mirrorRepoUrl.isEmpty()) {
             result = false;
             errors.addFieldError(SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + ms.suffix, "The mirror repo url is required.");
         } else {
-            URI uri;
             try {
-                uri = URI.create(ms.mirrorRepoUrl);
+                URI uri = URI.create(ms.mirrorRepoUrl);
                 String scheme = uri.getScheme().toLowerCase();
 
-                if (scheme.equals("ssh")) {
-                    isSsh = true;
-                    if (!ms.mirrorRepoUrl.startsWith("ssh://git@")) {
-                        result = false;
-                        errors.addFieldError(SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + ms.suffix,
-                                "An ssh URL should start with ssh://git@");
-                    }
-                } else if (scheme.startsWith("http")) {
+                if (scheme.startsWith("http")) {
                     isHttp = true;
                     if (ms.mirrorRepoUrl.contains("@")) {
                         result = false;
                         errors.addFieldError(SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + ms.suffix,
                                 "The username and password should not be included.");
                     }
-                } else {
-                    result = false;
-                    errors.addFieldError(SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + ms.suffix,
-                            "The mirror repo url must be a ssh or http(s) URL.");
                 }
-
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                result = false;
-                errors.addFieldError(SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + ms.suffix,
-                        "The mirror repo url must be a valid ssh or http(s) URL.");
+                // Not a valid url, assume it is something git can read
+
             }
         }
 
@@ -281,9 +265,8 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHook implements AsyncPostReceiveRepositoryHook, Rep
                 result = false;
                 errors.addFieldError(SETTING_PASSWORD + ms.suffix, "The password is required when using http(s).");
             }
-        }
-        // SSH should not have username or password
-        if (isSsh) {
+        } else {
+            // Only http should have username or password
             ms.password = ms.username = "";
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/mirror-repository-hook.soy b/src/main/resources/static/mirror-repository-hook.soy
index d8250a7..0bff37c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/mirror-repository-hook.soy
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/mirror-repository-hook.soy
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             {/param}
             {param isRequired: true /}
             {param descriptionText: stash_i18n('com.englishtown.stash.hook.mirror.strings.mirrorRepoUrl.description',
-            'The ssh or http(s) URL to the remote mirrored repo') /}
+            'The GIT URL (ssh, git, http(s), file) to the remote mirrored repo') /}
             {param extraClasses: 'long et-mirror-repo' /}
             {param errorTexts: $errors ? $errors['mirrorRepoUrl' + $index] : null /}
         {/call}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHookTest.java b/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHookTest.java
index a60ea6a..4e88203 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHookTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/englishtown/stash/hook/MirrorRepositoryHookTest.java
@@ -175,10 +175,8 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHookTest {
     @Test
     public void testGetAuthenticatedUrl() throws Exception {
 
-        URI result;
-
-        result = hook.getAuthenticatedUrl(mirrorRepoUrlHttp, username, password);
-        assertEquals(repository, result.toString());
+        String result = hook.getAuthenticatedUrl(mirrorRepoUrlHttp, username, password);
+        assertEquals(repository, result);
 
     }
 
@@ -239,8 +237,8 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHookTest {
         errors = mock(SettingsValidationErrors.class);
         hook.validate(settings, errors, repo);
         verify(errors, never()).addFormError(anyString());
-        verify(errors).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + "0"), anyString());
-        verify(errors).addFieldError(anyString(), anyString());
+        verify(errors, never()).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + "0"), anyString());
+        verify(errors, never()).addFieldError(anyString(), anyString());
 
         errors = mock(SettingsValidationErrors.class);
         hook.validate(settings, errors, repo);
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ public class MirrorRepositoryHookTest {
         errors = mock(SettingsValidationErrors.class);
         hook.validate(settings, errors, repo);
         verify(errors, never()).addFormError(anyString());
-        verify(errors).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + "0"), anyString());
+        verify(errors, never()).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_MIRROR_REPO_URL + "0"), anyString());
         verify(errors, never()).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_USERNAME + "0"), anyString());
         verify(errors, never()).addFieldError(eq(MirrorRepositoryHook.SETTING_PASSWORD + "0"), anyString());