diff --git a/libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofURLFileLoader.cpp b/libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofURLFileLoader.cpp
index d5d49c21d95..78ed63f45dd 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofURLFileLoader.cpp
+++ b/libs/openFrameworks/utils/ofURLFileLoader.cpp
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ ofHttpResponse ofURLFileLoaderImpl::handleRequest(const ofHttpRequest & request)
 	std::unique_ptr<CURL, void(*)(CURL*)> curl =
 		std::unique_ptr<CURL, void(*)(CURL*)>(curl_easy_init(), curl_easy_cleanup);
 	curl_slist *headers = nullptr;
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_URL, request.url.c_str());
 
 	// always follow redirections