diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c1ba419c..ebc4ddbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           cd inventree_server
           invoke install
           invoke migrate
-          invoke import-fixtures
-          invoke server -a 127.0.0.1:12345 &
+          invoke dev.import-fixtures
+          invoke dev.server -a 127.0.0.1:12345 &
           invoke wait
       - name: Run Tests
         run: |
diff --git a/inventree/api.py b/inventree/api.py
index 99a24dea..38fe6c00 100644
--- a/inventree/api.py
+++ b/inventree/api.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=None, **kwargs):
             token-name - Name of the token to use (default = 'inventree-python-client')
             use_token_auth - Use token authentication? (default = True)
             verbose - Print extra debug messages (default = False)
+            strict - Enforce strict HTTPS certificate checking (default = True)
             timeout - Set timeout to use (in seconds). Default: 10
             proxies - Definition of proxies as a dict (defaults to an empty dict)
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=None, **kwargs):
         self.token_name = kwargs.get('token_name', os.environ.get('INVENTREE_API_TOKEN_NAME', 'inventree-python-client'))
         self.timeout = kwargs.get('timeout', os.environ.get('INVENTREE_API_TIMEOUT', 10))
         self.proxies = kwargs.get('proxies', dict())
+        self.strict = bool(kwargs.get('strict', True))
 
         self.use_token_auth = kwargs.get('use_token_auth', True)
         self.verbose = kwargs.get('verbose', False)
@@ -326,6 +328,9 @@ def request(self, api_url, **kwargs):
         else:
             payload['json'] = data
 
+        # Enforce strict HTTPS certificate checking?
+        payload['verify'] = self.strict
+
         # Debug request information
         logger.debug("Sending Request:")
         logger.debug(f" - URL: {method} {api_url}")
diff --git a/inventree/base.py b/inventree/base.py
index ab6d0a61..e166a6a5 100644
--- a/inventree/base.py
+++ b/inventree/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from . import api as inventree_api
 
-INVENTREE_PYTHON_VERSION = "0.16.1"
+INVENTREE_PYTHON_VERSION = "0.17.0"
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')