diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a2d0d2..4b016e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ all:
 	g++ $(INC) -o cavecomm $(SRCFILES) -lpqxx -lfmt -pthread
 
 build: 
-	g++ $(INC) -o cavecomm $(SRCFILES) -lpqxx -lfmt -l:libsmtpclient.a -lcrypto -lssl  -pthread
+	g++ $(INC) -o cavecomm $(SRCFILES) -DCROW_ENABLE_SSL -lpqxx -lfmt -l:libsmtpclient.a -lcrypto -lssl  -pthread
 
 release: 
 	mkdir bin
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 84d4e85..0147b0d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -510,5 +510,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         */
 
     //set the port, set the app to run on multiple threads, and run the app
+    //todo:properly setup SSL
+    app.ssl_file("/media/sf_cavecommRemote/example.crt", "/media/sf_cavecommRemote/example.key");
     app.port(18080).multithreaded().run();
 }