diff --git a/include/api.h b/include/api.h
index 1480771..e79dc71 100644
--- a/include/api.h
+++ b/include/api.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class API
         apiConfig config;
         userDetails user;
 
-        API(const std::string& token,const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose = false);
+        API(const std::string& token,const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose = false, const bool& bVerifyPeer = true);
         int init();
         int login(const std::string& email, const std::string& password);
         int getAPIConfig();
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index f29ed28..ddfc654 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Config
         bool bNoExtras;
         bool bNoUnicode; // don't use Unicode in console output
         bool bNoColor;   // don't use colors
+        bool bVerifyPeer;
         std::string sGameRegex;
         std::string sDirectory;
         std::string sXMLFile;
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index adacc75..af09ba2 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     bpo::options_description config_file_options("Configuration");
     try
     {
+        bool bUnsecure = false;
         desc.add_options()
             ("help,h", "Print help message")
             ("login", bpo::value<bool>(&config.bLogin)->zero_tokens()->default_value(false), "Login")
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             ("no-unicode", bpo::value<bool>(&config.bNoUnicode)->zero_tokens()->default_value(false), "Don't use Unicode in the progress bar")
             ("no-color", bpo::value<bool>(&config.bNoColor)->zero_tokens()->default_value(false), "Don't use coloring in the progress bar")
             ("verbose", bpo::value<bool>(&config.bVerbose)->zero_tokens()->default_value(false), "Print lots of information")
+            ("unsecure", bpo::value<bool>(&bUnsecure)->zero_tokens()->default_value(false), "Don't verify authenticity of SSL certificates")
         ;
 
         bpo::store(bpo::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         if (vm.count("limit-rate"))
             config.iDownloadRate <<= 10; // Convert download rate from bytes to kilobytes
+
+        config.bVerifyPeer = !bUnsecure;
     }
     catch (std::exception& e)
     {
diff --git a/src/api.cpp b/src/api.cpp
index a0dd3ac..87369c9 100644
--- a/src/api.cpp
+++ b/src/api.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gameFile::~gameFile()
 
 }
 
-API::API(const std::string& token, const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose)
+API::API(const std::string& token, const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose, const bool& bVerifyPeer)
 {
     curlhandle = curl_easy_init();
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, verbose);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ API::API(const std::string& token, const std::string& secret, const bool& verbos
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, this);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, bVerifyPeer);
 
     this->error = false;
     this->getAPIConfig();
diff --git a/src/downloader.cpp b/src/downloader.cpp
index c229b83..ca7fdb8 100644
--- a/src/downloader.cpp
+++ b/src/downloader.cpp
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ int Downloader::init()
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, config.sCookiePath.c_str());
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, config.sCookiePath.c_str());
-    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, config.bVerifyPeer);
 
     if (config.bVerbose)
         curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
-    gogAPI = new API(config.sToken, config.sSecret, config.bVerbose);
+    gogAPI = new API(config.sToken, config.sSecret, config.bVerbose, config.bVerifyPeer);
     progressbar = new ProgressBar(!config.bNoUnicode, !config.bNoColor);
 
     if (config.bLogin || !gogAPI->init())
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void Downloader::repair()
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, Downloader::writeData);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, Downloader::readData);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, config.bVerifyPeer);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, Downloader::progressCallback);
     #ifndef ENVIRONMENT32
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ void Downloader::download()
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, Downloader::writeData);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, Downloader::readData);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, config.bVerifyPeer);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, Downloader::progressCallback);
     #ifndef ENVIRONMENT32
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ int Downloader::repairFile(const std::string& url, const std::string& filepath,
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, Downloader::writeData);
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, Downloader::readData);
-            curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
+            curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, config.bVerifyPeer);
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, Downloader::progressCallback);
             curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, outfile);