diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index c318dbc..f7ca102 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ hosts        = app.config['DEFAULT']['hosts']
 port         = app.config['DEFAULT']['port']
 cmd_port     = app.config['DEFAULT']['cmd_port']
 useSSL = app.config['DEFAULT']['useSSL']
+CAfile = app.config['DEFAULT']['CAfile']
 sync_facility = app.config['DEFAULT']['sync_facility']
 
 headers = {"Authorization":"Basic " + auth}
@@ -84,8 +85,14 @@ def isup(host_l, port):
     import socket
     s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     if useSSL:
-         sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=host_l + ".crt")
-         s = sslcontext.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname=host_l)
+         #sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=host_l + ".crt")
+        sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context()
+        if os.path.exists(CAfile):
+            sslcontext.load_verify_locations(cafile=CAfile)
+        else:
+             sslcontext.check_hostname = False
+             sslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        s = sslcontext.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname=host_l)
     try:
         s.settimeout(3.0)
         s.connect((host_l, port))
@@ -226,7 +233,15 @@ def sendCommand(host, arg0, arg1, arg2):
                 req = req + "&input=file://" + media_folder_remote + "/" + arg1
     # Send request
     if useSSL:
-        sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=host + ".crt")
+         #sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=host_l + ".crt")
+        sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context()
+        if os.path.exists(CAfile):
+            sslcontext.load_verify_locations(cafile=CAfile)
+        else:
+             sslcontext.check_hostname = False
+             sslcontext.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+    # ~ if useSSL:
+        # ~ sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=host + ".crt")
         conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection( host + ":" + str(portl), timeout=3, context = sslcontext )
     else:
         conn = http.client.HTTPConnection( host + ":" + str(portl), timeout=3 )
diff --git a/defaults.toml b/defaults.toml
index 50460db..c3cf052 100644
--- a/defaults.toml
+++ b/defaults.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 DEBUG = 0
 useSSL = false
+CAfile = "selfCA.crt"
 # Could be scp, sftp ?
 sync_facility = "rsync" 
 media_folder_local = "~/Videos"
diff --git a/videopi.toml b/videopi.toml
index 1628684..c900a93 100644
--- a/videopi.toml
+++ b/videopi.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 DEBUG = 0
 useSSL = true
+CAfile = "selfCA.crt"
 # Can be rsync, scp, http
 sync_facility = "http" 
 media_folder_local = "../medias"