diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Components.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Components.py
index 4bb8d427e..4a930b050 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Components.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/Components.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import asyncio
-import aiohttp
 import logging
 import math
 import binascii
@@ -54,11 +53,10 @@ async def gather_dict(tasks: dict):
 
 async def get_external_ip():  # used if upnp is disabled or non-functioning
     try:
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-            async with session.get("https://api.lbry.io/ip") as resp:
-                response = await resp.json()
-                if response['success']:
-                    return response['data']['ip']
+        async with utils.aiohttp_request("get", "https://api.lbry.io/ip") as resp:
+            response = await resp.json()
+            if response['success']:
+                return response['data']['ip']
     except Exception as e:
         pass
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ class HeadersComponent(Component):
     async def fetch_headers_from_s3(self):
         local_header_size = self.local_header_file_size()
         resume_header = {"Range": f"bytes={local_header_size}-"}
-        async with aiohttp.request('get', HEADERS_URL, headers=resume_header) as response:
+        async with utils.aiohttp_request('get', HEADERS_URL, headers=resume_header) as response:
             if response.status == 406 or response.content_length < HEADER_SIZE:  # our file is bigger
                 log.warning("s3 is more out of date than we are")
                 return
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/analytics.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/analytics.py
index 3ac005b6a..db4115c29 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/analytics.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/analytics.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Manager:
             'cookies': self.cookies
         }
         try:
-            async with aiohttp.request(**request_kwargs) as response:
+            async with utils.aiohttp_request(**request_kwargs) as response:
                 self.cookies.update(response.cookies)
         except Exception as e:
             log.exception('Encountered an exception while POSTing to %s: ', self.url + endpoint, exc_info=e)
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/exchange_rate_manager.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/exchange_rate_manager.py
index b304f265f..12f83c865 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/exchange_rate_manager.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/exchange_rate_manager.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
-import aiohttp
 import time
 import logging
 import json
 
 from lbrynet.error import InvalidExchangeRateResponse, CurrencyConversionError
+from lbrynet.utils import aiohttp_request
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class MarketFeed:
     def is_online(self):
         return self._online
 
-    async def _make_request(self):
-        async with aiohttp.request('get', self.url, params=self.params) as response:
+    async def _make_request(self) -> str:
+        async with aiohttp_request('get', self.url, params=self.params) as response:
             return (await response.read()).decode()
 
     def _handle_response(self, response):
diff --git a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
index 57456ce23..99fdff040 100644
--- a/lbrynet/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
+++ b/lbrynet/extras/daemon/loggly_handler.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import asyncio
-import aiohttp
 import json
 import logging.handlers
 import traceback
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ class HTTPSLogglyHandler(logging.Handler):
 
     async def _emit(self, record):
         payload = self.format(record)
-        async with aiohttp.request('post', self.url, data=payload.encode(), cookies=self.cookies) as response:
+        async with utils.aiohttp_request('post', self.url, data=payload.encode(), cookies=self.cookies) as response:
             self.cookies.update(response.cookies)
 
     def emit(self, record):
diff --git a/lbrynet/utils.py b/lbrynet/utils.py
index ecb43fc71..86d917b25 100644
--- a/lbrynet/utils.py
+++ b/lbrynet/utils.py
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ import string
 import json
 import typing
 import asyncio
+import ssl
 import logging
 import ipaddress
 import pkg_resources
+import contextlib
+import certifi
+import aiohttp
 from lbrynet.schema.claim import ClaimDict
 from lbrynet.cryptoutils import get_lbry_hash_obj
 
@@ -156,3 +160,16 @@ async def resolve_host(url: str, port: int, proto: str) -> str:
         proto=socket.IPPROTO_TCP if proto == 'tcp' else socket.IPPROTO_UDP,
         type=socket.SOCK_STREAM if proto == 'tcp' else socket.SOCK_DGRAM
     ))[0][4][0]
+
+
+def get_ssl_context() -> ssl.SSLContext:
+    return ssl.create_default_context(
+        purpose=ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH, capath=certifi.where()
+    )
+
+
+@contextlib.asynccontextmanager
+async def aiohttp_request(method, url, **kwargs) -> typing.AsyncContextManager[aiohttp.ClientResponse]:
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.request(method, url, ssl=get_ssl_context(), **kwargs) as response:
+            yield response
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5b193236e..27df21ce7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ setup(
         'aiohttp==3.5.4',
         'aioupnp',
         'appdirs==1.4.3',
+        'certifi>=2018.11.29',
         'colorama==0.3.7',
         'distro==1.4.0',
         'base58==1.0.0',