diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 35c2bdd5..2bc95f82 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader"
-    android:versionCode="6"
-    android:versionName="0.2.4" >
+    android:versionCode="7"
+    android:versionName="0.2.5" >
 
     <uses-sdk
         android:minSdkVersion="14"
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index 9e9b5cab..68fde99a 100644
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diff --git a/out/production/OwncloudNewsReader/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.class b/out/production/OwncloudNewsReader/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.class
index f5dd5691..9f2119c1 100644
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diff --git a/res/values/strings_activity_settings.xml b/res/values/strings_activity_settings.xml
index fb414358..a09f4081 100644
--- a/res/values/strings_activity_settings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings_activity_settings.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     <string name="pref_default_username">admin</string>
     
     <string name="pref_title_password">Passwort</string>
-    
+
+    <string name="pref_title_AllowAllSSLCertificates">Allow all SSL Certificates</string>
     <string name="pref_title_owncloudRootPath">ownCloud root address</string>
     <string name="pref_default_owncloudRootPath">http://1.2.3.4/owncloud</string>
     
diff --git a/res/xml/pref_general.xml b/res/xml/pref_general.xml
index 094684e9..b9694eda 100644
--- a/res/xml/pref_general.xml
+++ b/res/xml/pref_general.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
         android:title="@string/pref_title_owncloudRootPath"
         android:inputType="textUri" />
 
+    <CheckBoxPreference
+        android:key="cb_AllowAllSSLCertificates"
+        android:title="@string/pref_title_AllowAllSSLCertificates" />
+
     <!--
          NOTE: Hide buttons to simplify the UI. Users can touch outside the dialog to
          dismiss it.
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/SettingsActivity.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/SettingsActivity.java
index efd526c6..e5678768 100644
--- a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ import android.media.RingtoneManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.preference.ListPreference;
-import android.preference.Preference;
-import android.preference.PreferenceActivity;
-import android.preference.PreferenceCategory;
-import android.preference.PreferenceFragment;
-import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
-import android.preference.RingtonePreference;
+import android.preference.*;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -41,7 +35,7 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 	public static final String EDT_USERNAME_STRING = "edt_username";
 	public static final String EDT_PASSWORD_STRING = "edt_password";
 	public static final String EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING = "edt_owncloudRootPath";
-	
+    public static final String CB_ALLOWALLSSLCERTIFICATES_STRING = "cb_AllowAllSSLCertificates";
 	
 	@Override
 	protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -88,7 +82,8 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 		bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(EDT_USERNAME_STRING));
 		bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(EDT_PASSWORD_STRING));
 		bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING));
-		
+
+        bindPreferenceBooleanToValue(findPreference(CB_ALLOWALLSSLCERTIFICATES_STRING));
 		
 		//bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference("example_list"));
 		//bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference("notifications_new_message_ringtone"));//TODO comment this out
@@ -186,6 +181,15 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 		}
 	};
 
+    private static Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener sBindPreferenceBooleanToValueListener = new Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener() {
+        @Override
+        public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object newValue) {
+            CheckBoxPreference cbPreference = ((CheckBoxPreference) preference);
+            cbPreference.setChecked((Boolean)newValue);
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+
 	/**
 	 * Binds a preference's summary to its value. More specifically, when the
 	 * preference's value is changed, its summary (line of text below the
@@ -208,6 +212,18 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 						""));
 	}
 
+    private static void bindPreferenceBooleanToValue(Preference preference) {
+        // Set the listener to watch for value changes.
+        preference.setOnPreferenceChangeListener(sBindPreferenceBooleanToValueListener);
+
+        // Trigger the listener immediately with the preference's
+        // current value.
+        sBindPreferenceBooleanToValueListener.onPreferenceChange(
+                preference,
+                PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(
+                        preference.getContext()).getBoolean(preference.getKey(), false));
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * This fragment shows general preferences only. It is used when the
 	 * activity is showing a two-pane settings UI.
@@ -227,6 +243,8 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {
 			bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(EDT_PASSWORD_STRING));
 			bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING));
 			//bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference("example_list"));
+
+            bindPreferenceBooleanToValue(findPreference(CB_ALLOWALLSSLCERTIFICATES_STRING));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/SSLHttpClient.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/SSLHttpClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..029ff393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/helper/SSLHttpClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.helper;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
+import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeRegistry;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.SingleClientConnManager;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
+import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.security.*;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+
+/**
+ * Created by David on 27.05.13.
+ */
+public class SSLHttpClient extends DefaultHttpClient {
+    final Context context;
+    TrustManager easyTrustManager = new X509TrustManager() {
+        @Override
+        public void checkClientTrusted(
+                X509Certificate[] chain,
+                String authType) throws CertificateException {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void checkServerTrusted(
+                X509Certificate[] chain,
+                String authType) throws CertificateException {
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    };
+    public SSLHttpClient(Context context) {
+        this.context = context;
+    }
+
+    @Override protected ClientConnectionManager createClientConnectionManager() {
+        SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
+        registry.register(
+                new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
+        registry.register(new Scheme("https", newSslSocketFactory(), 443));
+        return new SingleClientConnManager(getParams(), registry);
+    }
+
+
+    private MySSLSocketFactory newSslSocketFactory() {
+        try {
+            KeyStore trusted = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
+            try {
+                trusted.load(null, null);
+
+            } finally {
+            }
+
+            MySSLSocketFactory sslfactory =  new MySSLSocketFactory(trusted);
+            sslfactory.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
+            return sslfactory;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new AssertionError(e);
+        }
+
+    }
+    public class MySSLSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
+        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
+
+        public MySSLSocketFactory(KeyStore truststore) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
+            super(truststore);
+
+            TrustManager tm = new X509TrustManager() {
+                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
+                }
+
+                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            };
+
+            sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { tm }, null);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Socket createSocket(Socket socket, String host, int port, boolean autoClose) throws IOException, UnknownHostException {
+            return sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket(socket, host, port, autoClose);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Socket createSocket() throws IOException {
+            return sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
index d1427638..86b7e46a 100644
--- a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/HttpJsonRequest.java
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.util.Log;
+import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.SettingsActivity;
+import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.helper.SSLHttpClient;
 import de.luhmer.owncloudnewsreader.util.Base64;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
@@ -24,26 +31,40 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
+import javax.net.ssl.*;
+
 public class HttpJsonRequest {
 	private static final String TAG = "HttpJsonRequest";
 
 	
-	public static JSONObject PerformJsonRequest(String url, List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs, String username, String password) throws Exception
+	public static JSONObject PerformJsonRequest(String urlString, List<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs, String username, String password, Context context) throws Exception
 	{
-        // http://androidarabia.net/quran4android/phpserver/connecttoserver.php
+        if(nameValuePairs != null)
+        {
+            urlString += "&" + URLEncodedUtils.format(nameValuePairs, "utf-8");
+            /*
+            JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject();
 
-        // Log.i(getClass().getSimpleName(), "send  task - start");
-        //HttpParams httpParams = new BasicHttpParams();
-        //HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, TIMEOUT_MILLISEC);
-        //HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, TIMEOUT_MILLISEC);
-        //
-        //HttpParams p = new BasicHttpParams();
-        // p.setParameter("name", pvo.getName());
-        //p.setParameter("user", "1");
+            for (NameValuePair nameValuePair : nameValuePairs) {
+                jObj.put(nameValuePair.getName(), nameValuePair.getValue());
+            }*/
+
+            //request.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(jObj.toString().getBytes("UTF8")));
+
+            //httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
+        }
+
+        URL url = new URL(urlString);
 
         // Instantiate an HttpClient
         //HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(p);
-        DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+        DefaultHttpClient httpClient = null;
+        SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+        if(sp.getBoolean(SettingsActivity.CB_ALLOWALLSSLCERTIFICATES_STRING, false) && url.getProtocol().toLowerCase().equals("https"))
+            httpClient = new SSLHttpClient(context);
+        else
+            httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+
         if(username != null && password != null)
             httpClient.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(new AuthScope(null, -1), new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username,password));
 
@@ -60,22 +81,7 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
         httpClient.setParams(params);*/
 
         // Instantiate a GET HTTP method
-
-        if(nameValuePairs != null)
-        {
-            url += "&" + URLEncodedUtils.format(nameValuePairs, "utf-8");
-            /*
-            JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject();
-
-            for (NameValuePair nameValuePair : nameValuePairs) {
-                jObj.put(nameValuePair.getName(), nameValuePair.getValue());
-            }*/
-
-            //request.setEntity(new ByteArrayEntity(jObj.toString().getBytes("UTF8")));
-
-            //httppost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nameValuePairs));
-        }
-        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url);
+        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url.toString());
 
         ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
         String responseBody = httpClient.execute(request, responseHandler);
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
 	*/
 
 
-	public static int performTagChangeRequest(String url, String username, String password) throws Exception
+	public static int performTagChangeRequest(String url, String username, String password, Context context) throws Exception
 	{
         //url = "http://192.168.10.126/owncloud/ocs/v1.php/apps/news/items/3787/read";
 
@@ -142,12 +148,24 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
         String authStringEnc = Base64.encode(authString.getBytes());
 
         URL urlConn = new URL(url);
-        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) urlConn.openConnection();
-        connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + authStringEnc);
-        connection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
 
-        /*
-        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader((InputStream) connection.getContent());
+        SharedPreferences sp = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+
+        HttpURLConnection httpConnection = null;
+        if (urlConn.getProtocol().toLowerCase().equals("https") && sp.getBoolean(SettingsActivity.CB_ALLOWALLSSLCERTIFICATES_STRING, false)) {
+            trustAllHosts();
+            HttpsURLConnection https = (HttpsURLConnection) urlConn.openConnection();
+            https.setHostnameVerifier(DO_NOT_VERIFY);
+            httpConnection = https;
+        } else {
+            httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) urlConn.openConnection();
+        }
+
+        httpConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + authStringEnc);
+        httpConnection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
+
+
+        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader((InputStream) httpConnection.getContent());
         BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(in);
         String text = "";
         String line;
@@ -157,8 +175,48 @@ public class HttpJsonRequest {
                 text += line + "\n";
         } while (line != null);
         Log.d(TAG, text);
-        */
 
-        return connection.getResponseCode();
+
+        return httpConnection.getResponseCode();
 	}
+
+
+
+
+    // always verify the host - dont check for certificate
+    final static HostnameVerifier DO_NOT_VERIFY = new HostnameVerifier() {
+        public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Trust every server - dont check for any certificate
+     */
+    private static void trustAllHosts() {
+        // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
+        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { new X509TrustManager() {
+            public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
+                return new java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] {};
+            }
+
+            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
+                                           String authType) throws CertificateException {
+            }
+
+            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain,
+                                           String authType) throws CertificateException {
+            }
+        } };
+
+        // Install the all-trusting trust manager
+        try {
+            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
+            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
+            HttpsURLConnection
+                    .setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.java b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.java
index 44874b40..97fb9abc 100644
--- a/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.java
+++ b/src/de/luhmer/owncloudnewsreader/reader/owncloud/OwnCloudReaderMethods.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class OwnCloudReaderMethods {
 		String password = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_PASSWORD_STRING, null);
 		String oc_root_path = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING, "");
 
-        JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.FEED_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, nVPairs, username, password);
+        JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.FEED_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, nVPairs, username, password, act);
 
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("ocs");
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("data");
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class OwnCloudReaderMethods {
 		String password = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_PASSWORD_STRING, null);
 		String oc_root_path = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING, "");
 		
-		JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.FOLDER_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, null, username, password);
+		JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.FOLDER_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, null, username, password, act);
 
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("ocs");
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("data");
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class OwnCloudReaderMethods {
 		String password = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_PASSWORD_STRING, null);
 		String oc_root_path = mPrefs.getString(SettingsActivity.EDT_OWNCLOUDROOTPATH_STRING, "");
 		
-		JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.SUBSCRIPTION_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, null, username, password);
+		JSONObject jsonObj = HttpJsonRequest.PerformJsonRequest(oc_root_path + OwnCloudConstants.SUBSCRIPTION_PATH + OwnCloudConstants.JSON_FORMAT, null, username, password, act);
 
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("ocs");
         jsonObj = jsonObj.optJSONObject("data");
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class OwnCloudReaderMethods {
         }
         try
         {
-		    int result = HttpJsonRequest.performTagChangeRequest(url, username, password);
+		    int result = HttpJsonRequest.performTagChangeRequest(url, username, password, context);
 		    if(result != -1 || result != 405)
     			return true;
     		else