diff --git a/APIHandler.py b/APIHandler.py
index c52b624..e03379a 100644
--- a/APIHandler.py
+++ b/APIHandler.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class APIHandler:
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, ip: str, username: str, password: str, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, ip: str, username: str, password: str, https = False, **kwargs):
         """
         Initialise the Camera API Handler (maps api calls into python)
         :param ip:
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class APIHandler:
         More information on proxies in requests: https://stackoverflow.com/a/15661226/9313679
 
         """
+        scheme = 'https' if https else 'http'
+        self.url = f"{scheme}://{ip}/cgi-bin/api.cgi"
         self.ip = ip
-        self.url = "http://" + ip + "/cgi-bin/api.cgi"
         self.token = None
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
diff --git a/Camera.py b/Camera.py
index 4a4ee79..1e8a52b 100644
--- a/Camera.py
+++ b/Camera.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from APIHandler import APIHandler
 
 class Camera(APIHandler):
 
-    def __init__(self, ip, username="admin", password=""):
+    def __init__(self, ip, username="admin", password="", https=False):
         """
         Initialise the Camera object by passing the ip address.
         The default details {"username":"admin", "password":""} will be used if nothing passed
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ class Camera(APIHandler):
         :param password:
         """
         # For when you need to connect to a camera behind a proxy
-        APIHandler.__init__(self, ip, username, password, proxy={"http": "socks5://127.0.0.1:8000"})
+        APIHandler.__init__(self, ip, username, password, proxy={"http": "socks5://127.0.0.1:8000"}, https=https)
 
         # Normal call without proxy:
         # APIHandler.__init__(self, ip, username, password)
-        
+
         self.ip = ip
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
diff --git a/resthandle.py b/resthandle.py
index f68f406..6921c20 100644
--- a/resthandle.py
+++ b/resthandle.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Request:
         """
         try:
             headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
-            r = requests.post(url, params=params, json=data, headers=headers, proxies=Request.proxies)
+            r = requests.post(url, verify=False, params=params, json=data, headers=headers, proxies=Request.proxies)
             # if params is not None:
             #     r = requests.post(url, params=params, json=data, headers=headers, proxies=proxies)
             # else:
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Request:
         :return:
         """
         try:
-            data = requests.get(url=url, params=params, timeout=timeout, proxies=Request.proxies)
+            data = requests.get(url=url, verify=False, params=params, timeout=timeout, proxies=Request.proxies)
 
             return data
         except Exception as e: