diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 2a5ff9e58..cf25b6cc8 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function start_designate {
 
     # Start proxies if enabled
     if is_service_enabled designate-api && is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
-        start_tls_proxy '*' $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT_INT &
+        start_tls_proxy designate-api '*' $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT_INT &
     fi
 
     if ! timeout $SERVICE_TIMEOUT sh -c "while ! wget --no-proxy -q -O- $DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL://$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST:$DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PORT; do sleep 1; done"; then
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 6c3295f99..58a0fa482 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V1=${DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V1:-"quotas"}
 DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V2=${DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V2:-""}
 DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_ADMIN=${DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_ADMIN:-"quotas"}
 
+# Public facing bits
+if is_service_enabled tls-proxy; then
+    DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL="https"
+fi
+
 # Default IP/port settings
 DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL=${DESIGNATE_SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-$SERVICE_PROTOCOL}
 DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST=${DESIGNATE_SERVICE_HOST:-$SERVICE_HOST}