diff --git a/bin/watch.js b/bin/watch.js
index f713e46..3ebaecf 100755
--- a/bin/watch.js
+++ b/bin/watch.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const nodeFetch = require('node-fetch');
 const keytar = require('keytar');
 const url = require('url');
 const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const https = require('https');
 
 require('yargs')
   .command('watch [folder]', 'watch the folder', (yargs) => {
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ require('yargs')
         describe: 'Webdav server url',
         type: 'string',
       })
+      .option('ssl', {
+        alias: 's',
+        describe: 'Suppress ssl issues',
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: false
+      })
       .option('username', {
         alias: 'u',
         describe: 'Webdav user to login',
@@ -85,7 +92,9 @@ require('yargs')
 
       logger.silly(`About to upload file ${chalk.cyan(remoteFilepath)} on remote server ${chalk.cyan(argv.remote)}`);
 
-      fetch(remoteFilepath, { body: fileContents })
+      const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({ rejectUnauthorized: false });
+      const opts = argv.ssl ? { body: fileContents, agent: httpsAgent } : { body: fileContents };
+      fetch(remoteFilepath, opts)
         .then(() => {
           logger.info(`Successfully uploaded file ${chalk.green(remoteFilepath)}`);
           notifier.notify({
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index abb6036..9a7e28b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "chalk": "^2.3.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.0.0",
     "keytar": "^4.1.0",
-    "inquirer": "^5.1.0"
+    "inquirer": "^5.1.0",
+    "https": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }