diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index d37a0f542..d52b584be 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -4655,6 +4655,7 @@ def setuptunnel(global_memory, has_sd):
         import re
         global sslvalid
         httpsaffix = ("https" if sslvalid else "http")
+        ssladd = (" --no-tls-verify" if sslvalid else "")
         def run_tunnel():
             tunnelproc = None
             tunneloutput = ""
@@ -4662,16 +4663,16 @@ def setuptunnel(global_memory, has_sd):
             time.sleep(0.2)
             if os.name == 'nt':
                 print("Starting Cloudflare Tunnel for Windows, please wait...", flush=True)
-                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"cloudflared.exe tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"cloudflared.exe tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}{ssladd}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             elif sys.platform=="darwin":
                 print("Starting Cloudflare Tunnel for MacOS, please wait...", flush=True)
-                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}{ssladd}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             elif sys.platform == "linux" and platform.machine().lower() == "aarch64":
                 print("Starting Cloudflare Tunnel for ARM64 Linux, please wait...", flush=True)
-                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared-linux-arm64 tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared-linux-arm64 tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}{ssladd}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             else:
                 print("Starting Cloudflare Tunnel for Linux, please wait...", flush=True)
-                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared-linux-amd64 tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+                tunnelproc = subprocess.Popen(f"./cloudflared-linux-amd64 tunnel --url {httpsaffix}://localhost:{args.port}{ssladd}", text=True, encoding='utf-8', shell=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             time.sleep(10)
             def tunnel_reader():
                 nonlocal tunnelproc,tunneloutput,tunnelrawlog
@@ -4929,7 +4930,7 @@ def analyze_gguf_model_wrapper(filename=""):
     dumpthread.start()
 
 def main(launch_args):
-    global args, showdebug, kcpp_instance, exitcounter, using_gui_launcher
+    global args, showdebug, kcpp_instance, exitcounter, using_gui_launcher, sslvalid
     args = launch_args #note: these are NOT shared with the child processes!
 
     if (args.version) and len(sys.argv) <= 2:
@@ -5000,6 +5001,10 @@ def main(launch_args):
             time.sleep(3)
             sys.exit(2)
 
+    if args.ssl: #need to duplicate here for the tunnel
+        if len(args.ssl)==2 and isinstance(args.ssl[0], str) and os.path.exists(args.ssl[0]) and isinstance(args.ssl[1], str) and os.path.exists(args.ssl[1]):
+            sslvalid = True
+
     # manager command queue
     with multiprocessing.Manager() as mp_manager:
         global_memory = mp_manager.dict({"tunnel_url": "", "restart_target":"", "input_to_exit":False})