diff --git a/src/opengnsys/httpserver.py b/src/opengnsys/httpserver.py
index 1e612ec..de561c1 100644
--- a/src/opengnsys/httpserver.py
+++ b/src/opengnsys/httpserver.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from six.moves.urllib.parse import unquote  # @UnresolvedImport
 from .utils import exceptionToMessage
 from .log import logger
 
+VERIFY_TLS=True
 
 class HTTPServerHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     service = None
@@ -159,11 +160,16 @@ class HTTPServerThread(threading.Thread):
         context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
         context.load_cert_chain(certfile='/opt/opengnsys/etc/ogagent.crt', keyfile='/opt/opengnsys/etc/ogagent.key')
         context.load_verify_locations(cafile='/opt/opengnsys/etc/ca.crt')
+        if VERIFY_TLS:
+            context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
+            context.verify_flags &= ssl.VERIFY_X509_STRICT
+        else:
+            context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+            context.verify_flags &= ~ssl.VERIFY_X509_STRICT
+
         s = context.cert_store_stats()
         if 'x509_ca' in s: logger.debug (f'{s['x509_ca']} CAs loaded')
         if 'x509'    in s: logger.debug (f'{s['x509']} certs loaded')
-        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
-        context.verify_flags &= ssl.VERIFY_X509_STRICT
         self.server.socket = context.wrap_socket(self.server.socket, server_side=True)
 
         logger.debug('Initialized HTTPS Server thread on {}'.format(address))