diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7ba2530..bd16967 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Initializing the module
 **PARAMETERS:**
 
 - **token (str)** - The Socket API Key for your Organization
-- **Timeout (int)** - The number of seconds to wait before failing the connection
+- **timeout (int)** - The number of seconds to wait before failing the connection
+- **allow_unverified (bool)** - Whether to skip SSL certificate verification (default: False). Set to True for testing with self-signed certificates.
 
 Supported Functions
 -------------------
diff --git a/socketdev/__init__.py b/socketdev/__init__.py
index 04a7227..0de575b 100644
--- a/socketdev/__init__.py
+++ b/socketdev/__init__.py
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@
 
 
 class socketdev:
-    def __init__(self, token: str, timeout: int = 1200):
+    def __init__(self, token: str, timeout: int = 1200, allow_unverified: bool = False):
         self.api = API()
         self.token = token + ":"
         self.api.encode_key(self.token)
         self.api.set_timeout(timeout)
+        self.api.set_allow_unverified(allow_unverified)
 
         self.dependencies = Dependencies(self.api)
         self.export = Export(self.api)
diff --git a/socketdev/core/api.py b/socketdev/core/api.py
index 566b53b..8856b7a 100644
--- a/socketdev/core/api.py
+++ b/socketdev/core/api.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.encoded_key = None
         self.api_url = "https://api.socket.dev/v0"
         self.request_timeout = 30
+        self.allow_unverified = False
 
     def encode_key(self, token: str):
         self.encoded_key = base64.b64encode(token.encode()).decode("ascii")
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ def encode_key(self, token: str):
     def set_timeout(self, timeout: int):
         self.request_timeout = timeout
 
+    def set_allow_unverified(self, allow_unverified: bool):
+        self.allow_unverified = allow_unverified
+
     def do_request(
         self,
         path: str,
@@ -58,7 +62,8 @@ def format_headers(headers_dict):
         try:
             
             response = requests.request(
-                method.upper(), url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files, timeout=self.request_timeout
+                method.upper(), url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files, 
+                timeout=self.request_timeout, verify=not self.allow_unverified
             )
             request_duration = time.time() - start_time
 
diff --git a/socketdev/version.py b/socketdev/version.py
index 6e22e02..870a457 100644
--- a/socketdev/version.py
+++ b/socketdev/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.0.17"
+__version__ = "3.0.19"
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_socket_sdk_unit.py b/tests/unit/test_socket_sdk_unit.py
index f89767a..b64aaec 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_socket_sdk_unit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_socket_sdk_unit.py
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ def test_sdk_initialization(self):
         for component in expected_components:
             self.assertTrue(hasattr(sdk, component), f"SDK missing component: {component}")
 
+    def test_sdk_initialization_with_allow_unverified(self):
+        """Test that the SDK initializes correctly with allow_unverified option."""
+        # Test default behavior (allow_unverified=False)
+        sdk_default = socketdev(token="test-token")
+        self.assertFalse(sdk_default.api.allow_unverified)
+        
+        # Test with allow_unverified=True
+        sdk_unverified = socketdev(token="test-token", allow_unverified=True)
+        self.assertTrue(sdk_unverified.api.allow_unverified)
+        
+        # Test with explicit allow_unverified=False
+        sdk_verified = socketdev(token="test-token", allow_unverified=False)
+        self.assertFalse(sdk_verified.api.allow_unverified)
+
     def test_fullscan_params_creation(self):
         """Test FullScanParams dataclass creation and conversion."""
         params = FullScanParams(