diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d80b197f..bb2176af 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ set(SWG_GAME_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/game)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 include_directories(/usr/include/i386-linux-gnu)
+
 find_package(BISON REQUIRED)
 find_package(FLEX REQUIRED)
 find_package(JNI REQUIRED)
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ find_library(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 
 message("OpenSSL include dir: ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 message("OpenSSL libraries: ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
+message("OpenSSL crypo lib: ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY}")
+
+if(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR} STREQUAL "" OR ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} STREQUAL "" OR ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} STREQUAL "")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find OpenSSL - you may have to specify the paths")
+else()
+    message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL")
+endif()
 
 # c++14 yeah!
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
index 66929c67..7d6de00b 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ bool webAPI::fetch(const int &getPost, const int &mimeType) // 0 for json 1 for
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &readBuffer); // specify readBuffer as the container for data
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist);
 
-            if (this->uri.find("login.stellabellum.net") != std::string::npos) {
+            if (this->uri.find("stellabellum") != std::string::npos) {
+		printf("using cert");
                 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, "PEM");
                 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
                 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, *webAPI::sslctx_function);
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
index acec945d..7685e034 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
@@ -156,12 +156,14 @@ namespace StellaBellum {
                     crt26 + crt27).c_str(), -1);
             PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, &cert, 0, NULL);
             if (cert == NULL) {
-                return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
+                printf("cert is null");
+		return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
             }
 
             store = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store((SSL_CTX *) sslctx);
 
             if (X509_STORE_add_cert(store, cert) == 0) {
+		printf("couldn't store cert");
                 return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
             }