diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index ffbcbd2..3f5fab2 100644
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ options_url=https://git.mz.fo/fro/lnx-arch/raw/branch/master/dots/archinstall/${
 options_trg=/tmp/options.sh
 rm -rf ${options_trg}
 rm -rf ${options_trg}.tmp
-wget -q ${options_url} -O ${options_trg}
+wget --no-check-certificate -q ${options_url} -O ${options_trg}
 source ${options_trg}
 if [ -z "${OPTIONS_LOADED}" ]; then
     echo "error: unable to load options"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ download_repo() {
     # instead of doing a git clone (like `git clone ${clone_url} ${clone_trg}`),
     # where i would have emptied the target dir each time, i download the
     # source as a tar.gz.
-    wget --show-progress ${_targz_url} -O ${clone_trg}/tmp.tar.gz
+    wget --no-check-certificate --show-progress ${_targz_url} -O ${clone_trg}/tmp.tar.gz
     tar -xzf ${clone_trg}/tmp.tar.gz -C ${clone_trg}
     rm ${clone_trg}/tmp.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/scripts/99_software.sh b/scripts/99_software.sh
index 81595c8..fcae51e 100644
--- a/scripts/99_software.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_software.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [ ${operation} == "update" ] ; then
     rm -rf ${trg_file}
     rm -rf ${trg_file}.tmp
 
-    wget -q ${package_list_url} -O ${trg_file}
+    wget --no-check-certificate -q ${package_list_url} -O ${trg_file}
 
     if ! [ -s ${trg_file} ] ; then
         echo "error: packages.txt is empty"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if [ ${operation} == "services" ] ; then
 
     rm -rf ${trg_file}
 
-    wget -q ${service_list_url} -O ${trg_file}
+    wget --no-check-certificate -q ${service_list_url} -O ${trg_file}
 
     if ! [ -s ${trg_file} ] ; then
         echo "error: services.txt is empty"
diff --git a/scripts/curae.sh b/scripts/curae.sh
index 1071c99..52a3b6c 100644
--- a/scripts/curae.sh
+++ b/scripts/curae.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ execute_script() {
     echo "execute: ${file} ${parameter_1} ${parameter_2}"
     resource_url=${scripts_url}/${file}
 
-    if ! wget -q --method=HEAD ${resource_url};
+    if ! wget --no-check-certificate -q --method=HEAD ${resource_url};
     then
         echo "error: unable to load '${resource_url}'"
         echo ""
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ execute_script() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    wget -q ${resource_url} -O /tmp/${file}
+    wget --no-check-certificate -q ${resource_url} -O /tmp/${file}
     chmod 755 /tmp/*.sh
     /tmp/${file} ${parameter_1} ${parameter_2}
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ shopt -u extglob
 shopt -s extglob
 if [ $operation == "us" ] || [ $operation == "upd-self" ] ; then
 
-    wget -v ${base_url}/scripts/${this_file} -O ${home_dir}/${this_file}.tmp
+    wget --no-check-certificate -v ${base_url}/scripts/${this_file} -O ${home_dir}/${this_file}.tmp
     cp ${home_dir}/${this_file}.tmp ${home_dir}/${this_file}
     rm ${home_dir}/${this_file}.tmp
     chmod 755 ${home_dir}/*.sh