diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edb65f532c04..4f79e49a6791 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 - "Manual entry" untranslatable #562
 - Using a database table prefix breaks the dashboard #203
+- Request statically called in StartupCheck.php #977
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/StartupCheck.php b/app/Http/Middleware/StartupCheck.php
index c8b89b002683..bc3559a182a2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/StartupCheck.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/StartupCheck.php
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ class StartupCheck
         // TRUSTED_PROXIES accepts a comma delimited list of subnets
         // ie, TRUSTED_PROXIES='10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16'
         if (isset($_ENV['TRUSTED_PROXIES'])) {
-            Request::setTrustedProxies(array_map('trim', explode(',', env('TRUSTED_PROXIES'))));
+            $request->setTrustedProxies(array_map('trim', explode(',', env('TRUSTED_PROXIES'))));
         }
 
         // Ensure all request are over HTTPS in production
-        if (Utils::requireHTTPS() && !Request::secure()) {
-            return Redirect::secure(Request::path());
+        if (Utils::requireHTTPS() && !$request->secure()) {
+            return Redirect::secure($request->path());
         }
 
         // If the database doens't yet exist we'll skip the rest