diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
index a572d9d4..865058c6 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ bool webAPI::fetch(const int &getPost, const int &mimeType) // 0 for json 1 for
                              writeCallback); // place the data into readBuffer using writeCallback
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &readBuffer); // specify readBuffer as the container for data
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist);
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
 
             switch (getPost) {
                 case HTTP::GET: