diff --git a/deepomatic/api/client.py b/deepomatic/api/client.py
index 725266b..e099eb8 100644
--- a/deepomatic/api/client.py
+++ b/deepomatic/api/client.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 class Client(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, app_id=None, api_key=None, verify_ssl=True, check_query_parameters=True, host=None, version=API_VERSION, user_agent_suffix='', pool_maxsize=20):
+    def __init__(self, app_id=None, api_key=None, verify_ssl=None, check_query_parameters=True, host=None, version=API_VERSION, user_agent_suffix='', pool_maxsize=20):
         self.http_helper = HTTPHelper(app_id, api_key, verify_ssl, host, version, check_query_parameters, user_agent_suffix, pool_maxsize)
 
         # /accounts
diff --git a/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py b/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
index b91a3f3..c5eb62c 100644
--- a/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
+++ b/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ def __init__(self, app_id, api_key, verify, host, version, check_query_parameter
         """
         if host is None:
             host = os.getenv('DEEPOMATIC_API_URL', API_HOST)
+        if verify is None:
+            verify = os.getenv('DEEPOMATIC_API_VERIFY_TLS', '1') == '0'
         if app_id is None:
             app_id = os.getenv('DEEPOMATIC_APP_ID')
         if api_key is None: