diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb8b0db..d5d6fe1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ docker run -it --rm \
     -e TEST_CERT=true \
     phpdockerio/kong-certbot-agent
 
+# Get a certificate for a single domain, and submit to kong
+# Kong's admin API is behind a self-signed certificate
+docker run -it --rm \
+    -e KONG_ENDPOINT=http://kong-admin:8001 \
+    -e EMAIL=foo@bar.com \
+    -e DOMAINS=bar.com \
+    -e ALLOW_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_KONG=true \
+    phpdockerio/kong-certbot-agent
 ```
 
 ## FAQ
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 568c9bb..e6f6af3 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ if [[ ! -z "${TEST_CERT}" ]]; then
     EXTRA_PARAMS="--test-cert"
 fi;
 
+if [[ ! -z "${ALLOW_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_KONG}" ]]; then
+    EXTRA_PARAMS="--allow-self-signed-cert-kong"
+fi;
+
 exec /workdir/certbot-agent certs:update ${EXTRA_PARAMS} ${KONG_ENDPOINT} ${EMAIL} ${DOMAINS}
diff --git a/src/Certbot/Handler.php b/src/Certbot/Handler.php
index cad2488..3b73e62 100644
--- a/src/Certbot/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Certbot/Handler.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function acquireCertificate(array $domains, string $email, bool $testCert
         }
 
         // Ensure certs are readable
-        $fullChain  = file_get_contents($fullChainPath);
+        $fullChain = file_get_contents($fullChainPath);
         $privateKey = file_get_contents($privateKeyPath);
 
         return new Certificate(
diff --git a/src/Command/UpdateCertificatesCommand.php b/src/Command/UpdateCertificatesCommand.php
index 412e7d5..f776c64 100644
--- a/src/Command/UpdateCertificatesCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/UpdateCertificatesCommand.php
@@ -56,25 +56,31 @@ protected function configure(): void
         $this
             ->setDescription('Requests certificates from Let\'s Encrypt for the given domains and notifies Kong')
             ->addArgument(
-                'kong-endpoint',
-                InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-                'Base URL to Kong Admin API; eg: https://foo:8001'
+                name: 'kong-endpoint',
+                mode: InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+                description: 'Base URL to Kong Admin API; eg: https://foo:8001'
             )
             ->addArgument(
-                'email',
-                InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-                'Email the set of domains is to be associated with at Let\'s Encrypt'
+                name: 'email',
+                mode: InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+                description: 'Email the set of domains is to be associated with at Let\'s Encrypt'
             )
             ->addArgument(
-                'domains',
-                InputArgument::REQUIRED,
-                'Comma separated list of domains to request certs for; eg: bar.com,foo.bar.com'
+                name: 'domains',
+                mode: InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+                description: 'Comma separated list of domains to request certs for; eg: bar.com,foo.bar.com'
             )
             ->addOption(
-                'test-cert',
-                't',
-                InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
-                'Require test certificate from staging-letsencrypt'
+                name: 'test-cert',
+                shortcut: 't',
+                mode: InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+                description: 'Require test certificate from staging-letsencrypt'
+            )
+            ->addOption(
+                name: 'allow-self-signed-cert-kong',
+                shortcut: '-s',
+                mode: InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+                description: "Allow self signed certs in Kong's admin endpoint",
             );
     }
 
@@ -107,6 +113,9 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         /** @var bool $testCert */
         $testCert = $input->getOption('test-cert');
 
+        /** @var bool $allowSelfSignedCert */
+        $allowSelfSignedCert = $input->getOption('allow-self-signed-cert-kong');
+
         $this->validateInput($email, $kongAdminUri, $domains);
 
         // Acquire certificates from certbot. This is not all-or-nothing, whatever certs we acquire come out here
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
             $certificate = $this->certbot->acquireCertificate($domains, $email, $testCert);
 
             // Store certs into kong via the admin UI. Again, not all-or-nothing
-            if ($this->kong->store($certificate, $kongAdminUri) === true) {
+            if ($this->kong->store($certificate, $kongAdminUri, $allowSelfSignedCert) === true) {
                 $certOrCerts = count($certificate->getDomains()) > 1 ? 'Certificates' : 'Certificate';
 
                 $output->writeln(sprintf('%s for %s correctly sent to Kong', $certOrCerts, $outputDomains));
diff --git a/src/Kong/Handler.php b/src/Kong/Handler.php
index 1cdf15e..73f7eac 100644
--- a/src/Kong/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Kong/Handler.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function __construct(private ClientInterface $guzzle)
     /**
      * Stores the given certificate in Kong.
      */
-    public function store(Certificate $certificate, string $kongAdminUri): bool
+    public function store(Certificate $certificate, string $kongAdminUri, bool $allowSelfSignedCert): bool
     {
         $payload = [
             'headers' => [
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public function store(Certificate $certificate, string $kongAdminUri): bool
                 'key'  => $certificate->getKey(),
                 'snis' => $certificate->getDomains(),
             ],
+            'verify'  => !$allowSelfSignedCert,
         ];
 
         // From Kong 0.14, they finally fixed PUT as UPSERT
@@ -46,9 +47,9 @@ public function store(Certificate $certificate, string $kongAdminUri): bool
         // certificate object within Kong
         try {
             $this->guzzle->request(
-                'put',
-                sprintf('%s/certificates/%s', $kongAdminUri, $certificate->getDomains()[0]),
-                $payload
+                method: 'put',
+                uri: sprintf('%s/certificates/%s', $kongAdminUri, $certificate->getDomains()[0]),
+                options: $payload,
             );
         } catch (BadResponseException $ex) {
             $request = $ex->getRequest();