diff --git a/requestcore.class.php b/requestcore.class.php
index 9fb2d96..be427f7 100755
--- a/requestcore.class.php
+++ b/requestcore.class.php
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ public function prep_request()
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $this->request_url);
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FILETIME, true);
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, false);
-		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
-		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, true);
+		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
+		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CLOSEPOLICY, CURLCLOSEPOLICY_LEAST_RECENTLY_USED);
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 		curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 5);