diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
index 4d61dd6c5090747e4c9e9ab5dd82b5dcc604157f..4b07dd573ebccb36fe52cc7340d9949893b0a0dc 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
         :language => Geocoder::Configuration.language,
         :key => Geocoder::Configuration.api_key
       }
-      "#{protocol}://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?" + hash_to_query(params)
+      "#{protocol}://http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?" + hash_to_query(params)
     end
   end
 end