diff --git a/apiv3.properties b/apiv3.properties
index 72ca81c..86d132d 100644
--- a/apiv3.properties
+++ b/apiv3.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ mongo.password=
 redis.address=209.222.96.50
 redis.port=6379
 http.port=80
+http.keystoreFile=/home/keystore.idk
+http.keystorePassword=123abc
 librato.email=cmcdonald.main@gmail.com
 librato.apiToken=a818c3eca8a59d6d9cf76dc9f0d237c6aa97f257c482ce3363cf55a5431bc153
 librato.sourceIdentifier=apiv3-dev-01
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/APIv3.java b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/APIv3.java
index ede4b58..7f0d720 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/APIv3.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/frozenorb/apiv3/APIv3.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import io.vertx.core.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.net.JksOptions;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.Router;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.BodyHandler;
@@ -253,14 +254,20 @@ public final class APIv3 extends AbstractVerticle {
     }
 
     private void setupHttpServer() {
-        HttpServer webServer = vertx.createHttpServer(
-                new HttpServerOptions()
-                //.setSsl(true)
-                //.setKeyStoreOptions(new JksOptions().setPath("c:\\Users\\cmcdonald\\Desktop\\apiv3.jks").setPassword("password"))
-                .setCompressionSupported(true)
-        );
+        HttpServerOptions httpServerOptions = new HttpServerOptions();
+        httpServerOptions.setCompressionSupported(true);
 
-        Router http = Router.router(vertx);
+        if (!config.getProperty("http.keystoreFile").isEmpty()) {
+            httpServerOptions.setSsl(true);
+            httpServerOptions.setKeyStoreOptions(
+                    new JksOptions()
+                    .setPassword(config.getProperty("http.keystorePassword"))
+                    .setPath(config.getProperty("http.keystoreFile"))
+            );
+        }
+
+        HttpServer webServer = vertx.createHttpServer(httpServerOptions);
+        Router http = Router.router(vertx); // we just name this http to make the route declarations easier to read
 
         http.route().handler(LoggerHandler.create(LoggerFormat.TINY));
         http.route().handler(TimeoutHandler.create(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5)));