diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 023d01a..d5074b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-ws": "^5.0.2",
+    "https": "^1.0.0",
     "ioredis": "^5.3.1",
     "isomorphic-dompurify": "^1.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "2",
diff --git a/utils/metadata.js b/utils/metadata.js
index cd94a94..ca19a79 100644
--- a/utils/metadata.js
+++ b/utils/metadata.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 const fetch = require('node-fetch')
+const https = require('https')
 const maxRetries = 5
 
+const ignoreSsl = new https.Agent({
+    rejectUnauthorized: false,
+})
+
 async function getInstance() {
     const instances = await (await fetch('https://api.invidious.io/instances.json?pretty=1', {
         headers: {
@@ -15,7 +20,8 @@ async function getPipedInstance() {
     const instances = await (await fetch('https://piped-instances.kavin.rocks/', {
         headers: {
             'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; PreserveTube/0.0; +https://preservetube.com)'
-        }
+        },
+        agent: ignoreSsl
     })).json()
     return (instances[Math.floor(Math.random() * instances.length)]).api_url
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6a3d347..e2b137a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ https-proxy-agent@^5.0.1:
     agent-base "6"
     debug "4"
 
+https@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https/-/https-1.0.0.tgz#3c37c7ae1a8eeb966904a2ad1e975a194b7ed3a4"
+  integrity sha512-4EC57ddXrkaF0x83Oj8sM6SLQHAWXw90Skqu2M4AEWENZ3F02dFJE/GARA8igO79tcgYqGrD7ae4f5L3um2lgg==
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.24:
   version "0.4.24"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz#2022b4b25fbddc21d2f524974a474aafe733908b"