diff --git a/src/Jackett.Console/ConsoleOptions.cs b/src/Jackett.Console/ConsoleOptions.cs
index 42eb80be4..baf800bac 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Console/ConsoleOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Console/ConsoleOptions.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Console
         [Option('f', "SSLFix", HelpText = "[true/false] Linux Libcurl NSS Missing ECC Ciphers workaround (Use if you can't access some trackers) .")]
         public bool? SSLFix { get; set; }
 
-        [Option('n', "IgnoreSslErrors", HelpText = "[true/false] Linux Libcurl - Ignores invalid SSL certificates")]
+        [Option('n', "IgnoreSslErrors", HelpText = "[true/false] Ignores invalid SSL certificates")]
         public bool? IgnoreSslErrors { get; set; }
 
         [Option('d', "DataFolder", HelpText = "Specify the location of the data folder (Must be admin on Windows) eg. --DataFolder=\"D:\\Your Data\\Jackett\\\"")]
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Console/Program.cs b/src/Jackett.Console/Program.cs
index 707057476..edc85b1c0 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Console/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Console/Program.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ namespace JackettConsole
                     Startup.IgnoreSslErrors = options.IgnoreSslErrors;
                     if (options.IgnoreSslErrors == true)
                     {
-                        Engine.Logger.Info("Curl will ignore SSL certificate errors.");
+                        Engine.Logger.Info("Jackett will ignore SSL certificate errors.");
                     }
 
                     // Choose Data Folder
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs b/src/Jackett/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
index 3de1db66b..12afe5e12 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ namespace Jackett.Utils.Clients
 
         public void Init()
         {
+            if (Startup.IgnoreSslErrors == true)
+            {
+                logger.Info(string.Format("WindowsWebClient: Disabling certificate validation"));
+                ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (sender, certificate, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => { return true; };
+            }
         }
 
         public async Task<WebClientByteResult> GetBytes(WebRequest request)