diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
index 7a132c9..1c187a6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
               http_req = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
               if remote_url.include?('https')
                 http_req.use_ssl = true
+                http_req.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
               end
               response = http_request( http_req , request )
             end
@@ -451,6 +452,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
             http_req = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
             if remote_url.include?('https')
               http_req.use_ssl = true
+              http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
             end
             response = http_request( http_req , request )
           end
@@ -479,6 +481,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
             http_req = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
             if remote_url.include?('https')
               http_req.use_ssl = true
+              http_req.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
             end
             response = http_request( http_req , request )
           end
@@ -509,6 +512,7 @@ class Admin::AnnouncementsController < OrbitAdminController
                   http_req = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
                   if remote_url.include?('https')
                     http_req.use_ssl = true
+                    http_req.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
                   end
                   response = http_request( http_req , request )
                 end