diff --git a/Core/Resgrid.Config/ApiConfig.cs b/Core/Resgrid.Config/ApiConfig.cs
index eeed8370..4adc192c 100644
--- a/Core/Resgrid.Config/ApiConfig.cs
+++ b/Core/Resgrid.Config/ApiConfig.cs
@@ -19,5 +19,10 @@ public static class ApiConfig
 		/// Key used for authing with the backend internal apis
 		/// </summary>
 		public static string BackendInternalApikey = "";
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Used to bypass SSL checks, which is needed for self-signed certs
+		/// </summary>
+		public static bool BypassSslChecks = false;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Web/Resgrid.Web.Eventing/Startup.cs b/Web/Resgrid.Web.Eventing/Startup.cs
index a7505c15..1e7c36ee 100644
--- a/Web/Resgrid.Web.Eventing/Startup.cs
+++ b/Web/Resgrid.Web.Eventing/Startup.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1.Ess;
 using IPNetwork = Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides.IPNetwork;
+using System.Net.Http;
 
 namespace Resgrid.Web.Eventing
 {
@@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 			bool configResult = ConfigProcessor.LoadAndProcessConfig(Configuration["AppOptions:ConfigPath"]);
 			bool envConfigResult = ConfigProcessor.LoadAndProcessEnvVariables(Configuration.AsEnumerable());
 
-			Framework.Logging.Initialize(ExternalErrorConfig.ExternalErrorServiceUrlForEventing);
-
 			var settings = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings;
 			var element = typeof(ConfigurationElement).GetField("_readOnly", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
 			var collection = typeof(ConfigurationElementCollection).GetField("_readOnly", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
@@ -98,6 +97,25 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 			collection.SetValue(settings, true);
 			element.SetValue(settings, true);
 
+			Framework.Logging.Initialize(ExternalErrorConfig.ExternalErrorServiceUrlForEventing);
+
+			if (Config.ApiConfig.BypassSslChecks)
+			{
+				services.AddHttpClient("Name")
+					 .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() =>
+					 {
+						 var handler = new HttpClientHandler
+						 {
+							 AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
+							 ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) =>
+							 {
+								 return true;
+							 }
+						 };
+						 return handler;
+					 });
+			}
+
 			services.AddCors();
 
 			services.AddControllers().AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
diff --git a/Web/Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore/Startup.cs b/Web/Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore/Startup.cs
index 3a5b6476..f2ba07aa 100644
--- a/Web/Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore/Startup.cs
+++ b/Web/Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore/Startup.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 using Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore.Middleware;
 using IPNetwork = Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides.IPNetwork;
 using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
+using System.Net.Http;
 
 namespace Resgrid.Web.ServicesCore
 {
@@ -121,6 +122,23 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 			collection.SetValue(settings, true);
 			element.SetValue(settings, true);
 
+			if (Config.ApiConfig.BypassSslChecks)
+			{
+				services.AddHttpClient("Name")
+					 .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() =>
+					 {
+						 var handler = new HttpClientHandler
+						 {
+							 AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
+							 ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) =>
+							 {
+								 return true;
+							 }
+						 };
+						 return handler;
+					 });
+			}
+
 			services.AddScoped<IUserStore<Model.Identity.IdentityUser>, IdentityUserStore>();
 			services.AddScoped<IRoleStore<Model.Identity.IdentityRole>, IdentityRoleStore>();
 			services.AddScoped<IUserClaimsPrincipalFactory<Model.Identity.IdentityUser>, ClaimsPrincipalFactory<Model.Identity.IdentityUser, Model.Identity.IdentityRole>>();
diff --git a/Web/Resgrid.WebCore/Startup.cs b/Web/Resgrid.WebCore/Startup.cs
index 03fec74f..935afc5f 100644
--- a/Web/Resgrid.WebCore/Startup.cs
+++ b/Web/Resgrid.WebCore/Startup.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Configuration;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Audit.Core;
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ namespace Resgrid.Web
 {
 	public class Startup
 	{
-        //public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
-        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; private set; }
+		//public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
+		public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; private set; }
 		public ILifetimeScope AutofacContainer { get; private set; }
 		public AutofacServiceLocator Locator { get; private set; }
 		public IServiceCollection Services { get; private set; }
@@ -102,6 +103,24 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 
 			Logging.Initialize(ExternalErrorConfig.ExternalErrorServiceUrlForWebsite);
 
+
+			if (Config.ApiConfig.BypassSslChecks)
+			{
+				services.AddHttpClient("Name")
+					 .ConfigurePrimaryHttpMessageHandler(() =>
+					 {
+						 var handler = new HttpClientHandler
+						 {
+							 AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
+							 ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) =>
+							 {
+								 return true;
+							 }
+						 };
+						 return handler;
+					 });
+			}
+
 			services.AddScoped<IUserStore<Model.Identity.IdentityUser>, IdentityUserStore>();
 			services.AddScoped<IRoleStore<Model.Identity.IdentityRole>, IdentityRoleStore>();
 			services.AddScoped<IUserClaimsPrincipalFactory<Model.Identity.IdentityUser>, ClaimsPrincipalFactory<Model.Identity.IdentityUser, Model.Identity.IdentityRole>>();