diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2849b7..cc4758b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 *   Fix click checking when svg element is overlapping (Thomas Walpole) [Issue #616]
 *   Fix null status code when some pages redirect (Thomas Walpole) [Issue #524]
 *   Fix cases where page isn't always scrolled when needed for a mouse click (Thomas Walpole) [Issue #520]
+*   Add scheme to URL passed to browser by inspector to support the "open"
+    command (Nuru) [Issue #579]
+*   Support resuming from debug pause by sending a signal (Nuru) [Issue #654]
+
 
 ### 1.7.0 ###
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
index 7140bc7..98d3446 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
 
     def debug
       if @options[:inspector]
-        inspector.open
+        # Fall back to default scheme
+        scheme = URI.parse(browser.current_url).scheme rescue nil
+        scheme = 'http' if scheme != 'https'
+        inspector.open(scheme)
         pause
       else
         raise Error, "To use the remote debugging, you have to launch the driver " \
@@ -297,8 +300,23 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
     end
 
     def pause
-      STDERR.puts "Poltergeist execution paused. Press enter to continue."
-      STDIN.gets
+      # STDIN is not necessarily connected to a keyboard. It might even be closed.
+      # So we need a method other than keypress to continue.
+      STDERR.puts "Poltergeist execution paused. Press enter (or run 'kill -CONT #{Process.pid}') to continue."
+
+      signal = false
+      old_trap = trap('SIGCONT') { signal = true; STDERR.puts "\nSignal SIGCONT received" }
+      keyboard = IO.select([STDIN], nil, nil, 1) until keyboard || signal # wait for data on STDIN or signal SIGCONT received
+
+      begin
+        input = STDIN.read_nonblock(80) # clear out the read buffer
+        puts unless input && input =~ /\n\z/
+      rescue EOFError, IO::WaitReadable # Ignore problems reading from STDIN.
+      end unless signal
+
+      trap('SIGCONT', old_trap) # Restore the previuos signal handler, if there was one.
+
+      STDERR.puts 'Continuing'
     end
 
     def wait?
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/inspector.rb b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/inspector.rb
index a5a3934..0f4f3cf 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/inspector.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/inspector.rb
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
       @browser ||= self.class.detect_browser
     end
 
-    def url
-      "//localhost:#{port}/"
+    def url(scheme)
+      "#{scheme}://localhost:#{port}/"
     end
 
-    def open
+    def open(scheme)
       if browser
-        Process.spawn(browser, url)
+        Process.spawn(browser, url(scheme))
       else
-        raise Error, "Could not find a browser executable to open #{url}. " \
+        raise Error, "Could not find a browser executable to open #{url(scheme)}. " \
                      "You can specify one manually using e.g. `:inspector => 'chromium'` " \
                      "as a configuration option for Poltergeist."
       end
diff --git a/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb b/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
index 0c26b76..dc5abd6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/driver_spec.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,32 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
         expect(subject.inspector).to be_a(Inspector)
         expect(subject.inspector.browser).to eq('foo')
       end
+
+      it 'can pause indefinitely' do
+        expect {
+          Timeout::timeout(3) do
+            subject.pause
+          end
+        }.to raise_error(Timeout::Error)
+      end
+
+      it 'can pause and resume with keyboard input' do
+        IO.pipe do |read_io, write_io|
+          stub_const('STDIN', read_io)
+          write_io.write "\n"
+          Timeout::timeout(3) do
+            subject.pause
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'can pause and resume with signal' do
+        Thread.new { sleep(2); Process.kill('CONT', Process.pid); }
+        Timeout::timeout(4) do
+          subject.pause
+        end
+      end
+
     end
 
     context 'with a :timeout option' do
diff --git a/spec/unit/inspector_spec.rb b/spec/unit/inspector_spec.rb
index 9da227d..2ab74ee 100644
--- a/spec/unit/inspector_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/inspector_spec.rb
@@ -14,20 +14,25 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
 
     it 'has a url' do
       subject = Inspector.new(nil, 1234)
-      expect(subject.url).to eq('//localhost:1234/')
+      expect(subject.url('http')).to eq('http://localhost:1234/')
     end
 
     it 'can be opened' do
       subject = Inspector.new('chromium', 1234)
-      expect(Process).to receive(:spawn).with('chromium', '//localhost:1234/')
-      subject.open
+      expect(Process).to receive(:spawn).with('chromium', 'http://localhost:1234/')
+      subject.open('http')
+    end
+
+    it 'can be opened with https URL' do
+      subject = Inspector.new('chromium', 1234)
+      allow(Process).to receive(:spawn).with('chromium', 'https://localhost:1234/')
+      subject.open('https')
     end
 
     it 'raises an error on open when the browser is unknown' do
       subject = Inspector.new(nil, 1234)
       allow(subject).to receive_messages(browser: nil)
-
-      expect { subject.open }.to raise_error(Capybara::Poltergeist::Error)
+      expect { subject.open('http') }.to raise_error(Capybara::Poltergeist::Error)
     end
   end
 end