diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0dfbd3a..f136d0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
-        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
+        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
+        android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/ssl_verify_skip"><!--MUST NOT USE 'SSL VERIFY SKIP' ON PRODUCTION!-->
         <activity
             android:name=".ui.activities.MainActivity"
             android:label="@string/app_name">
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/antonioleiva/weatherapp/data/server/ForecastByZipCodeRequest.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/antonioleiva/weatherapp/data/server/ForecastByZipCodeRequest.kt
index c04858e..eaeae1f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/antonioleiva/weatherapp/data/server/ForecastByZipCodeRequest.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/antonioleiva/weatherapp/data/server/ForecastByZipCodeRequest.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class ForecastByZipCodeRequest(private val zipCode: Long, val gson: Gson = Gson(
 
     companion object {
         private const val APP_ID = "15646a06818f61f7b8d7823ca833e1ce"
-        private const val URL = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/daily?mode=json&units=metric&cnt=7"
+        private const val URL = "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/daily?mode=json&units=metric&cnt=7"
         private const val COMPLETE_URL = "$URL&APPID=$APP_ID&zip="
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/ssl_verify_skip.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/ssl_verify_skip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4f0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/ssl_verify_skip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<network-security-config>
+    <domain-config cleartextTrafficPermitted="true">
+        <!--MUST NOT USE 'SSL VERIFY SKIP' ON PRODUCTION! -->
+        <domain includeSubdomains="true">api.openweathermap.org</domain>
+    </domain-config>
+</network-security-config>
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