diff --git a/planetstack/plstackapi_config b/planetstack/plstackapi_config
index a61e7ed..fb846b3 100644
--- a/planetstack/plstackapi_config
+++ b/planetstack/plstackapi_config
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 default_image=None
 default_flavor=m1.small
 default_security_group=default
+ca_ssl_cert=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 [observer]
 images_directory=/opt/planetstack/images