diff --git a/tests/stress.py b/tests/stress.py
index a28b1d0..25e397a 100755
--- a/tests/stress.py
+++ b/tests/stress.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import httplib
 import time
 import os
+import ssl
 
 tsq_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),'example.tsq')
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ counter=0
 old_time = time.time()
 while True:
     h1 = httplib.HTTPConnection('localhost:2020')
+    #h1 = httplib.HTTPSConnection('localhost:2020', context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
     h1.request('POST', '/', body, {"Content-Type": "application/timestamp-query"}) 
     response = h1.getresponse()
     h1.close()