diff --git a/config/config.yml.template b/config/config.yml.template
index 7735c9c3..d522eced 100644
--- a/config/config.yml.template
+++ b/config/config.yml.template
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ plex:                            # Can be individually specified per library as
   clean_bundles: false
   empty_trash: false
   optimize: false
+  verify_ssl: true
 tmdb:                            # REQUIRED for the script to run
   apikey: ################################
   language: en
diff --git a/json-schema/config-schema.json b/json-schema/config-schema.json
index ee53221e..bedf96c4 100644
--- a/json-schema/config-schema.json
+++ b/json-schema/config-schema.json
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
                 "optimize": {
                     "description": "true/false - If 'true', optimizes database on this Plex server",
                     "type": "boolean"
+                },
+                "verify_ssl": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
                 }
             },
             "required": [
diff --git a/modules/config.py b/modules/config.py
index 23cc69c4..4eaf5088 100644
--- a/modules/config.py
+++ b/modules/config.py
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ class ConfigFile:
                 "url": check_for_attribute(self.data, "url", parent="plex", var_type="url", default_is_none=True),
                 "token": check_for_attribute(self.data, "token", parent="plex", default_is_none=True),
                 "timeout": check_for_attribute(self.data, "timeout", parent="plex", var_type="int", default=60),
+                "verify_ssl": check_for_attribute(self.data, "verify_ssl", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=True),
                 "db_cache": check_for_attribute(self.data, "db_cache", parent="plex", var_type="int", default_is_none=True),
                 "clean_bundles": check_for_attribute(self.data, "clean_bundles", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=False),
                 "empty_trash": check_for_attribute(self.data, "empty_trash", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=False),
@@ -1071,6 +1072,7 @@ class ConfigFile:
                         "url": check_for_attribute(lib, "url", parent="plex", var_type="url", default=self.general["plex"]["url"], req_default=True, save=False),
                         "token": check_for_attribute(lib, "token", parent="plex", default=self.general["plex"]["token"], req_default=True, save=False),
                         "timeout": check_for_attribute(lib, "timeout", parent="plex", var_type="int", default=self.general["plex"]["timeout"], save=False),
+                        "verify_ssl": check_for_attribute(lib, "verify_ssl", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=self.general["plex"]["verify_ssl"], save=False),
                         "db_cache": check_for_attribute(lib, "db_cache", parent="plex", var_type="int", default=self.general["plex"]["db_cache"], default_is_none=True, save=False),
                         "clean_bundles": check_for_attribute(lib, "clean_bundles", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=self.general["plex"]["clean_bundles"], save=False),
                         "empty_trash": check_for_attribute(lib, "empty_trash", parent="plex", var_type="bool", default=self.general["plex"]["empty_trash"], save=False),
diff --git a/modules/plex.py b/modules/plex.py
index e9141c0e..f1533cbf 100644
--- a/modules/plex.py
+++ b/modules/plex.py
@@ -435,12 +435,19 @@ class Plex(Library):
         super().__init__(config, params)
         self.plex = params["plex"]
         self.url = self.plex["url"]
+        self.plex["session"] = self.config.session
+        if self.plex.get("verify_ssl") is False and self.config.general["verify_ssl"] is True:
+            logger.debug("Overriding verify_ssl to False for Plex connection")
+            self.plex["session"] = requests.Session()
+            self.plex["session"].verify = False
+            import urllib3
+            urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
         self.token = self.plex["token"]
         self.timeout = self.plex["timeout"]
         logger.secret(self.url)
         logger.secret(self.token)
         try:
-            self.PlexServer = PlexServer(baseurl=self.url, token=self.token, session=self.config.session, timeout=self.timeout)
+            self.PlexServer = PlexServer(baseurl=self.url, token=self.token, session=self.plex["session"], timeout=self.timeout)
             plexapi.server.TIMEOUT = self.timeout
             os.environ["PLEXAPI_PLEXAPI_TIMEOUT"] = str(self.timeout)
             logger.info(f"Connected to server {self.PlexServer.friendlyName} version {self.PlexServer.version}")